glass harp

短语

发音

UK /ɡlɑːs hɑːp/
US /ɡlæs hɑɹp/
AU

词形变化

glass harps 复数 glass harps

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.

词源

Possibly a calque of German Glasharfe, from Glas (“glass”) + Harfe (“harp”) (see the 1969 quotation).

来源：wiktionary