You're holding up this brutal instrument of torture.

你举着如此残酷的刑具。

It was half open and clenched stiff, as if it was still holding the instrument.

它半开着，紧紧地攥着， 好像还在拿着乐器。

Eventually, though, she lost her association with the lioness and was depicted instead with the head of a cat, often holding the musical instrument the sistrum or as a house cat.

然而，最终，她不再有母狮头，取而代之的是一只猫头，经常拿着叉铃，或者是一只家猫。

And some teachers start very, very young children on cereal boxes that have rubber bands strummed on them. So just to get the idea of pulling on a string without actually holding an expensive instrument, which works really well.

一些老师开始教非常非常小的孩子，他们用的是弹奏橡皮筋的麦片盒。因此，只是想了解在不实际拿着昂贵的乐器的情况下拉动琴弦的想法，效果非常好。