viola

名词 viola:

1. any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
2. large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
   同义词：genus Viola
3. a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

1. The viola is a stringed instrument.
   中提琴是一种弦乐器。

viola

n.Music （名词）【音乐】
A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone.
中提琴：提琴家族中的一种弦乐器，稍大于小提琴，调音比小提琴低五度，声音更为深沉、洪亮
An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones.
音栓：八英尺或四英尺律的音孔，产生弦乐器的调子

来源：
Italian
意大利语
from Old Provenôal
源自 古普罗旺斯语
[probably of imitative origin]
[可能起源于拟声词的]

【引伸】
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n.（名词）
A plant of the genusViola, which includes the violets and pansies, especially a variety having flowers resembling violets in size and shape and pansies in coloration.
堇菜：一种堇菜 属的植物，包括紫罗兰和圆三色堇，尤指花朵大小形状象紫罗兰、色彩象圆三色堇的一种植物

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin
源自 拉丁语