术语“浑不似”的详细信息

英译术语:

an ancient four-stringed instrument

汉语语境:

火不思是一种古老的四弦乐器，又名“浑不似”、“和必斯”、“虎拨思”、“琥珀词”、“胡不思”和“胡拨四”等（均为蒙语音译，即琴的意思）。明代（1368-1644）时民间相当盛行。火不思其名，始见于元代史籍，《元史·礼乐志》：“火不思，制如琵琶，直颈，无品，有小槽，圆腹如半瓶扌盍，以皮为面，四弦，皮纟并，同一孤柱”。中华人民共和国成立后，新研制的火不思分高、中、低音三种，外形设计符合蒙古民族的传统习惯。琴头顶端犹如箭筒，上面雕刻出一张满弓；琴头左侧并列的四个琴轸，形如箭翎；共鸣箱呈扁葫芦状，比传统的琴箱增大近两倍，面部不蒙皮膜，采用质松纹细的桐木板，背板和侧板使用质地较硬的色木板，面、背板中部都作拱形凸起，背板由于径切、对拼，还呈现出美丽的髓线纹理。在琴箱的边缘部分，绘有蒙古族人民喜爱的花边饰纹。面板中下部两侧，开有民族图案云朵形的音孔，用于接音响设备，从而传出更深沉的声音。

英语语境:

The Huobusi, an ancient four-stringed instrument, is also known as the hunbusi, hubusi, hebisi, hubosi, hupoci, all variants of the Mongolian meaning qin. It became popular during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).The Record of Ceremony Instruments in the History of the Ming Dynasty reveals that the ancient huobusi "resembled the lute in shape, with no neck, no bridge, a small slot, a bottle-like belly, and four strings".After the founding of the People's Republic of China, three distinct varieties of huobusi emerged: the alt, median, and baritone huobusi; in form, however, much of the traditional Mongolian design was retained. The long, narrow arrow-like pole is set with four parallel pegs at the upper left from which four strings are attached. The flat calabash-shaped resonance box is wrapped in flexible wood rather than the traditional snakeskin. On either side of the lower frontal board is carved two cloud-like sound holes to which particular sound tools can be attached to create a deeper, richer sound.