名詞 lute:

1. a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
   同義詞：luting
2. chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

1. Don't explain it to him; it's only playing the lute to a cow.
   別向他解釋，那只是對(duì)牛彈琴。

lute

n.Music （名詞）【音樂】
A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.
魯特琴：一種縱向削制的形狀如梨的撥弦樂器，琴頸上有定音檔的指板，通常彎曲于調(diào)音單軸之下

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French lut
源自 古法語 lut
from Old Provenôal laut
源自 古普羅旺斯語 laut
from Arabic al-`ud
源自 阿拉伯語 al-`ud
al [the]
al [這]
`ôd [lute]
`ôd [魯特琴]

lute
lute 2

n.（名詞）
A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight.Also called luting
封泥，水泥封涂：一種物質(zhì)，如曬干的粘土或水泥，用于綁裹和密封管道的連接處和其它連接點(diǎn)或覆蓋以有孔的表面以使之牢固也作 luting
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
lut.ed,lut.ing,lutes
To coat, pack, or seal with lute.
用封泥蓋、包或密封

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French lut
源自 古法語 lut
from Latin lutum [potter`s clay]
源自 拉丁語 lutum [陶工的粘土]