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play the piano
乐器名词前通常加定冠词the。
She plays the piano beautifully.
她钢琴弹得很美。
钢琴
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
钢琴
A large keyboard musical instrument played by pressing keys, which makes hammers strike strings to produce sound.
She plays the piano beautifully.
她钢琴弹得很美。
一种打击键盘乐器,通常有七个八度音阶,黑白键,通过按键使锤子敲击琴弦发声。
A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
一种通过按键使锤子敲击调音弦并发出声音的键盘乐器
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
(音乐)低音量
(music) low loudness
She plays the piano beautifully.
她钢琴弹得很美。
There is a grand piano in the living room.
客厅里有一架三角钢琴。
Learning to play the piano takes practice.
学习弹钢琴需要练习。
乐器名词前通常加定冠词the。
She plays the piano beautifully.
她钢琴弹得很美。
钢琴用作定语时，无需冠词。
He bought a piano stool.
他买了一个钢琴凳。
表示位置。
Who is that man at the piano?
钢琴旁的那个男人是谁？
Not this
I play piano every day.
Use this
I play the piano every day.
在英语中，表示演奏某种乐器时，乐器名词前通常要加定冠词"the"，而中文没有这种习惯，因此学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
She has two piano in her house.
Use this
She has two pianos in her house.
piano是可数名词，复数形式是pianos，中文中名词没有复数变化，学习者容易忽略加-s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
弹钢琴
She started to play the piano at the age of five.
她五岁开始弹钢琴。
钢琴课
I have a piano lesson every Wednesday afternoon.
我每周三下午有钢琴课。
钢琴老师
His piano teacher is very strict but helpful.
他的钢琴老师很严格但很有帮助。
三角钢琴
The concert hall has a beautiful grand piano on stage.
音乐厅的舞台上有一架漂亮的三角钢琴。
立式钢琴
We have an upright piano in the living room.
我们在客厅里有一架立式钢琴。
钢琴曲
She loves listening to classical piano music.
她喜欢听古典钢琴曲。
给我们唱首歌吧，你是钢琴手
From Billy Joel's classic 1973 song 'Piano Man', which tells the story of a piano player in a bar.
出自比利·乔尔1973年的经典歌曲《钢琴手》，讲述了一位酒吧钢琴师的故事。
我在这艘船上出生，世界从我身边掠过。但有一样东西从未改变：钢琴和大海。
From the 1998 film 'The Legend of 1900' (directed by Giuseppe Tornatore), said by the main character 1900, a piano prodigy who spent his whole life on a ship.
出自1998年电影《海上钢琴师》（朱塞佩·托纳多雷导演），主角1900（一个毕生生活在船上的钢琴天才）所说。
Use piano naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象钢琴(piano)的琴键像一排牙齿，敲击时发出美妙声音。
中性词，通常指钢琴这种乐器，适用于日常对话、音乐相关语境等。
注意：钢琴作为乐器是可数名词，复数形式为pianos。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.