ud
IPA/uːd/
IPA/uːd/
ud — noun
- udsingular
- udsplural
1. a short-necked, pear-shaped stringed instrument with no frets, played with a ple
1.名詞
釋義
a short-necked, pear-shaped stringed instrument with no frets, played with a plectrum in Middle Eastern and North African music. Also spelled oud.
例句
Amir bought a hand-carved ud from a workshop in Damascus.
The musician tuned her ud before the evening performance in Cairo.
collocation: tune an ud
Fatima has been learning to play the ud for three years.
The song opened with a slow, mournful melody on the ud.
Hassan's grandfather left him a beautiful ud made of walnut wood.
同義詞
- oud
the more common English spelling of the same instrument
用法筆記
The spelling 'oud' is more common in English than 'ud'. Both are correct and refer to the same instrument.
常見錯誤
❌UD stands for urban district.
✅An ud is a musical instrument from the Middle East.
💡the word 'ud' as an instrument is not an abbreviation; it comes from the Arabic word for wood.