“Cremona”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Cremona

释义

Cremona¹|kriːˈməʊnə|
Name of a town in Lombardy, where the art of violin-making reached its highest perfection in the 17th and early 18th century. attrib. Pertaining to or made at Cremona, as in Cremona fiddle, Cremona school, Cremona violin; absol. A violin made there. Also (from Fr.) † ˈCremone. Hence Cremoˈnese a.
1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. xv. 68 I'll stake my Cremona to a Jew's trump.1784Sheridan Life of Swift (T.), A lady whisking about her long train..threw down and broke a fine Cremona fiddle.1798Harrington Retort Courteous, 'Twas thieving Pindar, 'tis well known, Swindled his Godship's old Cremone.1875Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims, Quot. & Orig. Wks. (Bohn) III. 214 The Bible..is like an old Cremona; it has been played upon by the devotion of thousands of years.1880P. David in Grove Dict. Mus. I. 416 ‘A Cremona’, or ‘a Cremonese violin’ is often incorrectly used for an old Italian instrument of any make.

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