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play + the + violin
She plays the violin beautifully.
她小提琴拉得很美。
小提琴
violins — plural of violin
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小提琴
a small stringed musical instrument with four strings, held under the chin and played with a bow
She plays the violin beautifully.
她小提琴拉得很美。
A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
弓弦乐器,是小提琴家族中音调最高的成员；该乐器有四根弦、一个空心琴身和无品指板,用弓演奏
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
She plays the violin in the school orchestra every Friday.
她每周五在学校管弦乐队拉小提琴。
He left his violin at home, so he could not practice.
他把小提琴忘在家里，所以无法练习。
My sister is learning to play the violin with a private teacher.
我妹妹正在跟私人教师学拉小提琴。
She plays the violin beautifully.
她小提琴拉得很美。
violin 作为定语修饰名词。
He bought a violin concerto CD.
他买了一张小提琴协奏曲CD。
He performed a sonata on the violin.
他用小提琴演奏了一首奏鸣曲。
The violin sounds sweet and mellow.
这把小提琴听起来甜美柔和。
Not this
She plays violin.
Use this
She plays the violin.
在英语中，演奏乐器时通常要在乐器前加定冠词the，例如'play the piano'、'play the guitar'等。'violin'作为乐器，也需要加'the'，所以正确的表达是'play the violin'。
Not this
I have two violin.
Use this
I have two violins.
'violin'是可数名词，复数形式为'violins'。当数量大于一时，需要使用复数形式，因此'两个小提琴'应说'two violins'。
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拉小提琴
She has been playing the violin since she was six.
她从六岁开始拉小提琴。
小提琴课
I have a violin lesson every Tuesday evening.
我每周二晚上有一节小提琴课。
小提琴协奏曲
Mendelssohn's violin concerto is one of my favorites.
门德尔松的小提琴协奏曲是我的最爱之一。
小提琴制作师
Stradivari was a famous Italian violin maker.
斯特拉迪瓦里是著名的意大利小提琴制作师。
小提琴弦
One of the violin strings snapped during the performance.
演奏时一根小提琴弦断了。
小提琴弓
He tightened the violin bow before playing.
他在演奏前调紧了小提琴弓。
演奏世界上最小的小提琴（表示假惺惺的同情或嘲讽）
You're upset because you have to work late? Let me play the world's smallest violin for you.
你因为要加班就不高兴？让我为你奏一曲世界上最小的小提琴吧。
你要我为你拉世界上最小的小提琴吗？（讥讽地表示不关心）
When he complained about his luxurious lifestyle, she replied, 'Would you like me to play the world's smallest violin?'
当他抱怨他奢华的生活方式时，她回答说：‘你要我为你拉世界上最小的小提琴吗？’
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联想：vi（外）音似弓，lin（林）音似弦，合为小提琴。
语域：neutral 常见场景：music education、orchestral performance、classical music 通常用于正式和非正式的音乐相关场合
可数名词
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