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1 string
1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) band, snæri2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) (æða)strengur3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) strengur4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) kippa, festi2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) þræða upp á band2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) setja streng(i) í/á3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) tína (strengi) úr4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) hengja•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
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2 double bass
[beis] (a type of large stringed instrument, the largest and deepest in sound of the violin family.) kontrabassi -
3 strum
past tense, past participle - strummed; verb(to play especially noisily and unskilfully on a piano or stringed instrument: to strum a tune.) glamra -
4 'cello
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5 banjo
['bæn‹ou]plural - banjo(e)s; noun(a stringed musical instrument similar to the guitar: He plays the banjo; Play me a tune on the banjo.) banjó -
6 cello
См. также в других словарях:
stringed instrument — stringed instruments N COUNT A stringed instrument is a musical instrument that has strings, such as a violin or a guitar … English dictionary
stringed instrument — n a musical instrument such as a ↑violin, that produces sound from a set of ↑strings →↑brass, percussion ↑percussion, the strings/the string section ↑the strings/the string section, wind instrument ↑wind instrument, woodwind ↑woodwind … Dictionary of contemporary English
stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… … Universalium
stringed instrument — noun a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑banjo, ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑string, ↑chordophone, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stringed instrument — UK [ˌstrɪŋd ˈɪnstrʊmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms stringed instrument : singular stringed instrument plural stringed instruments one of a group of musical instruments that have strings, for example the guitar and the violin … English dictionary
stringed instrument — stringed in|stru|ment [ ,strıŋd ınstrumənt ] noun count one of a group of musical instruments that have strings, for example the guitar and the VIOLIN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stringed instrument — noun Any of very many musical instruments in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound Syn: string, string instrument … Wiktionary
stringed instrument — musical instrument whose sounds are created via strumming or plucking on their strings … English contemporary dictionary
stringed instrument — noun (C) a musical instrument that produces sound from a set of strings (string1 (4)), such as a violin … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stringed instrument — [ˌstrɪŋd ˈɪnstrʊmənt] noun [C] any musical instrument with strings that you touch to produce sound, for example a VIOLIN … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Stringed instrument tunings — This is a list of tunings for stringed musical instruments. Strings or courses are listed from low to high pitch, reading from left to right facing the front of the instrument standing vertically. (The are a few exceptions to this, for instance… … Wikipedia
