viola
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vi·o·la /viˈəʊlə $ -ˈoʊ-/ noun [countable] 1. APMa wooden musical instrument that you play like a violin but that is larger and has a lower sound 中提琴 →5 see picture at 见图 stringed instrument2. a plant related to the violet 堇菜
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viola• Brown learned to play guitar, violin, harmonica, piano, mandolin, viola and drums.• Take cuttings of violas, taking material from healthy, non-flowering basal shoots.• He has seated the violas to the right of the podium, with the cellos facing the conductor.• The violas can be used, however, also the cellos if they can be spared from the energetic bass part.• Their two violins, viola and cello are all Amati instruments, crafted 300 years ago by the teacher of Stradivarius.Origin viola (1700-1800) Italian Old Provençal, probably from Medieval Latin vitula; → FIDDLE1vi·o·la nounChineseSyllable
musical play like instrument Corpus a wooden a that you
viola
vi‧o‧la /viˈəʊlə $ -ˈoʊ-/
noun [countable]
2. a plant related to the violet
vi‧o‧la /viˈəʊlə $ -ˈoʊ-/
noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Language: Italian
Origin: Old Provençal, probably from Medieval Latin vitula; ⇨ fiddle1
1. a wooden musical instrument that you play like a violin but that is larger and has a lower soundLanguage: Italian
Origin: Old Provençal, probably from Medieval Latin vitula; ⇨ fiddle1
2. a plant related to the violet
