a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape 诗琴,琉特琴
语源
Middle English: from Old French lut, leut, probably via Provençal from Arabic al-‘ūd
lute2 noun
(亦作 luting)[mass noun]liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft 封泥,水泥封涂 ■[count noun]a rubber seal for a jar (瓶,罐)橡皮密封垫
verb
[with obj.]seal, join, or coat with lute 用封泥密封;用封泥涂抹
语源
late Middle English: from Old French lut or medieval Latin lutum, a special use of Latin lutum 'potter's clay'