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ukulele

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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u·ku·le·le, ukelele /ˌjuːkəˈleɪli/ noun [countable]  APMa musical instrument with four strings, like a small guitar 尤克里里琴〔一种类似小吉他的四弦琴〕
Examples from the Corpus
ukuleleA man playing a ukulele and riding a bicycle across the sky.Before long he had switched to ukulele, and graduated from there to guitar at the age of eleven.
u·ku·le·le nounChineseSyllable
Corpus four musical instrument with like a strings,


ukulele
ukulele , ukelele /ˌjuːkəˈleɪli/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Hawaiian
 Origin: ukulele, from uku 'small person' + lele 'jumping'
a musical instrument with four strings, like a small guitar


uku·leleBrE /ˌjuːkəˈleɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌjuːkəˈleɪli/ 🔊 nouna musical instrument with four strings, like a small guitar 尤克里里(四弦小吉他)