我敢打賭,在Tom Waits發掘它當幕後支援前你從來沒有聽說過斯特羅小提琴!無論如何,1920年代末前它採用了一個大型金屬喇叭諧振器來代替木製音箱,以便它可以更好地被錄音設備收音。

I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 gǎn
  1. to dare
  2. daring
  3. (polite) may I venture
3 打賭
  1. to bet
  2. to make a bet
  3. a wager
4 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
5 T T (slang) butch (lesbian stereotype)
6
o
Not in lexicon.
7
m
Not in lexicon.
8
W
Not in lexicon.
9
a
Not in lexicon.
10
i
Not in lexicon.
11
t
Not in lexicon.
12
s
Not in lexicon.
13 發掘 jué
  1. to excavate
  2. to explore
  3. (fig.) to unearth
  4. to tap into
=14 it
=14 it (pronoun for an animal)
=14 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=14 only used in 它它
=15 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=15 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
16 幕後 hòu behind the scenes
17 支援 zhīyuán
  1. to provide assistance
  2. to support
  3. to back
18 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 293)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=19 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=19 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
20 從來沒有 cóngláiméiyǒu
  1. there has never been; has never had
  2. (before a verb) has never
21 聽說 tīngshuō
  1. to hear (sth said)
  2. one hears (that)
  3. hearsay
  4. listening and speaking
=22 Guō surname Guo
=22 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=22 guo (experienced action marker)
=23
  1. Slovakia
  2. Slovak
  3. abbr. for 斯洛伐克 luò
=23
  1. (phonetic)
  2. this
24
  1. special
  2. unique
  3. distinguished
  4. especially
  5. unusual
  6. very
  7. abbr. for 特克斯 , tex
=25 Luó surname Luo
=25 luó
  1. gauze
  2. to collect
  3. to gather
  4. to catch
  5. to sift
26 小提琴 xiǎoqín
  1. fiddle
  2. violin
27 無論如何 lùn (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
28 年代 niándài
  1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. age
  3. era
  4. period

classifier:

=29 me variant of me
=29
  1. tip
  2. end
  3. final stage
  4. latter part
  5. inessential detail
  6. powder
  7. dust
  8. opera role of old man
30 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 293)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=31 it
=31 it (pronoun for an animal)
=31 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=31 only used in 它它
32 採用 cǎiyòng
  1. to adopt
  2. to employ
  3. to use
=33 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=33 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=33 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=33 liào unofficial variant of liào
=34 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=34 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
35 大型 xíng
  1. large
  2. large-scale
36 金屬 jīnshǔ metal

classifier:

37 喇叭 ba
  1. horn (automobile etc)
  2. loudspeaker
  3. brass wind instrument
  4. trumpet
  5. suona 锁呐 suǒ
38 諧振 xiézhèn
  1. resonance
  2. sympathetic vibration
39
  1. device
  2. tool
  3. utensil

classifier:

40 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 lái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
41 代替 dài to replace; to take the place of
42 木製 zhì wooden
43 音箱 yīnxiāng
  1. loudspeaker box
  2. speaker (audio equipment)
  3. resonating chamber of a musical instrument
  4. sound box
44 以便 biàn
  1. so that
  2. so as to
  3. in order to
=45 it
=45 it (pronoun for an animal)
=45 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=45 only used in 它它
46 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
47 更好 gènghǎo to be better (as in, more desirable or satisfactory)
=48 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=48
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

=49 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=49
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=49
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=49 alternative form of
50 錄音 yīn to record sound

classifier:

51 設備 shèbèi equipment; facilities; installations

classifier:

52 收音 shōuyīn
  1. to receive a radio signal
  2. to make an audio recording
  3. (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics
  4. (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)