lute

名词 lute:

1. a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
   同义词：luting
2. chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

1. Don't explain it to him; it's only playing the lute to a cow.
   别向他解释，那只是对牛弹琴。

lute

n.Music （名词）【音乐】
A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.
鲁特琴：一种纵向削制的形状如梨的拨弦乐器，琴颈上有定音档的指板，通常弯曲于调音单轴之下

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French lut
源自 古法语 lut
from Old Provenôal laut
源自 古普罗旺斯语 laut
from Arabic al-`ud
源自 阿拉伯语 al-`ud
al [the]
al [这]
`ôd [lute]
`ôd [鲁特琴]

lute
lute 2

n.（名词）
A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight.Also called luting
封泥，水泥封涂：一种物质，如晒干的粘土或水泥，用于绑裹和密封管道的连接处和其它连接点或覆盖以有孔的表面以使之牢固也作 luting
v.tr.（及物动词）
lut.ed,lut.ing,lutes
To coat, pack, or seal with lute.
用封泥盖、包或密封

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French lut
源自 古法语 lut
from Latin lutum [potter`s clay]
源自 拉丁语 lutum [陶工的粘土]