lyre

[US]/laɪə/
[UK]/'laɪɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. sebuah harpa tujuh senar yang digunakan di Yunani kuno.
Word Forms
Plurallyres

Example Sentences

"You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship the golden image.

[Translation of "You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship the golden image." into Indonesian]

Epic poetry and Tragedy, as also Comedy, Dithyrambic poetry, and most flute-playing and lyre-playing, are all, viewed as a whole, modes of imitation.

[Translation of "Epic poetry and Tragedy, as also Comedy, Dithyrambic poetry, and most flute-playing and lyre-playing, are all, viewed as a whole, modes of imitation." into Indonesian]

You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;

“Karena itu, hai kamu, raja, telah membuat suatu dekrit, bahwa setiap orang yang mendengar bunyi sangkakala, kecapung, lir, trigon, semalu, bagpipe, dan segala macam musik, harus sujud menyembah patung emas;

learn to play the lyre

[Translation of "learn to play the lyre" into Indonesian]

lyre music in ancient Greece

[Translation of "lyre music in ancient Greece" into Indonesian]

Real-world Examples

Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres.

Arus dingin mengalir, dan berubah menjadi lir-lir pasang yang berirama.

Source: Selected Literary Poems

Camma plays her lyre and sings to them.

Camma memainkan lirnya dan bernyanyi kepada mereka.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Verses like these were chanted at feasts by Greek minstrels as they played their lyres.

Bait-bait seperti ini dinyanyikan pada pesta-pesta oleh para pemain lira Yunani saat mereka memainkan lir mereka.

Source: A Brief History of the World

Whenever he played the lyre, any animal or bird nearby would stop and listen, spellbound.

Setiap kali dia memainkan lira, hewan atau burung apa pun di dekatnya akan berhenti dan mendengarkan, terpesona.

Source: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

The girl, dressed in embroidered draperies, holding the lyre stares at Orpheus's head in a melancholic way.

Gadis itu, berpakaian gaun bordir, memegang lira, menatap kepala Orpheus dengan cara yang melankolis.

Source: Curious Muse

The whistle of the locomotive, more powerful than Amphion's lyre, was about to bid them rise from American soil.

Peluit lokomotif, lebih kuat dari lira Amphion, hendak menyuruh mereka bangkit dari tanah Amerika.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

With his gold lyre and his sweet voice he led the choir of the Muses.

Dengan lir emasnya dan suaranya yang merdu, dia memimpin paduan suara para Muse.

Source: Prose reading

When Orpheus reached the gates of the underworld, he began to strum his lyre.

Ketika Orpheus mencapai gerbang dunia bawah, dia mulai memetik liranya.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

The artist showed a scene in which dead Orpheus's head lies on a lyre that represents his infinite musical talent.

Seniman itu menunjukkan adegan di mana kepala Orpheus yang sudah meninggal terbaring di atas lira yang mewakili bakat musiknya yang tak terbatas.

Source: Curious Muse

Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

Mulailah musiknya, pukullah timbrel, mainkan kecapi dan lira yang merdu.

Source: 19 Psalms Musical Bible Theater Version - NIV

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