Lifting his hand to his head, the absent–minded Professor gravely felt and removed the little cocked hat, looked at it a minute, and then threw back his head and laughed like a merry bass viol.

粗心大意的教授抬起手来摸自己的头，严肃摸了摸那帽，把它取了下来，对着它看了一会儿，然后仰起头，笑得像的低音提琴。

" There are viols in your voice, " he said bluntly, and his eyes flashed their golden light.

" 你的话语里就有六弦提琴般的声音。" 他毫无顾，眼里闪着金色的光芒。

" Well, this is a bad night altogether for them that have done well in their time; and if I were ever such a dab at the hautboy or tenor viol, I shouldn't have the heart to play tunes upon 'em now."

“我，对于那些曾经成功的人来，这完是一个糟糕的夜晚；假如我是一个吹双簧管或拉中提琴的高手，现有吹奏表演的心情。”

Strike up with your viols and bassoons.

用你们的维奥尔琴和巴松管开始演奏吧。

Lifting his hand to his head, the absent-minded Professor gravely felt and removed the little cocked hat, looked at it a minute, and then threw back his head and laughed like a merry bass viol.

心不焉的教授将手举到头上，严肃摸了摸，摘下三角帽，看了一会，然后仰起头，笑得像一把快乐的低音提琴。

They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute.

它们似乎能够给无形的事物赋予一种塑形，并且拥有自己甜美如小提琴或吉他般的音乐。

The Sixteen, a choir, has recorded Byrd's exhilarating songbook of 1611, " Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets" , accompanied by Fretwork, a viol consort.

合唱团 The Sixteen 录制了 Byrd 1611 年令人振奋的歌曲集“Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets” ，伴奏是 Fretwork，一位中提琴伴奏。

We got rid of all gloom in the excitement of the exercise, and our pleasure was increased by the arrival of the Gimmerton band, mustering fifteen strong: a trumpet, a trombone, clarionets, bassoon French horns, and a bass viol, besides singers.

这种活动使我们兴奋，它驱散了一切忧郁和烦恼。吉默吞乐队的到来更增添了我们的欢乐。这乐队有十五个人之多——除了歌手外，还有一个喇叭，一个长喇叭，几支竖笛，低音笛，法国号角，一把低音提琴。

And then, when they got to church door he'd throw down the clarinet, mount the gallery, snatch up the bass viol, and rozum away as if he'd never played anything but a bass viol.

随后，当他们来到教堂门口，他就扔下单簧管，跑上廊台，抓起一把低音提琴拉起来。他拉得好，就像是拉了一辈子低音提琴似的。