There was a faint thrumming all around, as if the air were being strung and practiced for an overture.
四周有细碎的敲打声，仿佛空气是被绷紧的琴弦，随时为即将发生的事奏响序曲。As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.
仿佛她对他心中那条刺耳的、不和谐的琴弦有着天赋的知识，她呼一口气就能使它发出声音。Dad took the fiddle to the telephone and thumped the strings. Putting the receiver to his ear, he said, "Hear anything. Will? "
爸爸把小提琴拿到话机旁，重重地拨弄了几下琴弦。然后他把听筒拿到耳边，问：“威尔，听到吗？”The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
世界上到处有门径，到处有机遇，到处是绷紧的琴弦，等待着有人去拨响。The internals of it similar to the piano, are installed inside the body in the piano sound board and a number of parallel strings taut.
它与钢琴的内部原理大致相同，都是在琴体内部装有音板和许多拉紧并列的琴弦。I watched Ray's fingers dance across the strings as if they were himself, running free.
我看见他的手指在琴弦上跳动，好像他自己就是手指一样自由的奔跑。I shall tune it to the notes of forever, and when it has sobbed out its last utterance, lay down my silent harp at the feet of the silent.
我要调拨我的琴弦，和永恒的乐音合拍，当它呜咽出最后的声音时，就把我静默的琴儿放在静默的脚边。Behind the plate is the soundboard (usually made of spruce) which enables the strings' vibrations to be heard from a distance.
在金属盘后部是响板（通常是云杉木制成的），是用来保证在一定距离之外都能听到琴弦的震动。Displayed in the corridor of a concert hall, its exquisiteness shows kind of human element, like the strings of the softly playing violin.
在走廊的一个音乐厅显示，其细腻显示人的因素，有点象在轻轻地演奏小提琴的琴弦。