English Dictionary

violin

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/

名詞

禁用 時々 換喩的

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.

日本語の意味

バイオリン：四弦を持つ小型の弦楽器で、フレットはなく、通常は顎に当て弓で演奏される。調律は低い弦から順にG、D、A、Eとなる。

She practiced the violin for hours until her bow hand felt strong.

彼女は数時間バイオリンを練習し、弓を持つ手が強くなったと感じた。

意味（1）

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.

She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.

意味（2）

(inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.

The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.

意味（3）

(music, metonymically) The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.

The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

violins （ plural ）