violin

来自viola,中提琴，-in,小词后缀。

violin

violin: [16] Violin has been traced back to Vulgar Latin *vītula ‘stringed instrument’, which was based ultimately on the name of Vītula, a Roman goddess of joy and victory (and has also, via a prehistoric Germanic borrowing, given English fiddle). The Vulgar Latin term passed via Provençal viola and Old French viole into English as viol [15], which survives as the name of an early form of stringed instrument. Its Italian counter-part is viola, which has given English viola [18], and its diminutive form violino is the source of violin.
=> fiddle, viola

violin (n.)

1570s, from Italian violino, diminutive of viola (see viola). The modern form of the smaller, medieval viola da braccio.

1. A performer in evening dress plays classical selections on the violin.

一名身穿晚礼服的表演者用小提琴演奏了几段古典音乐。

2. She has toiled away at the violin for years.

她多年来苦练小提琴。

3. She persevered with her violin lessons.

她孜孜不倦地学习小提琴。

4. The cello is a member of the violin family.

大提琴是提琴家族的一员.

5. If you increase the tension of that violin string it will break.

如果你再拉紧小提琴的那根弦,它就会绷断.