harpsichord

FREQ #37643

n. 羽管键琴

发音

UK /ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/
US /ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd/

词形变化

harpsichords 复数 harpsichords

别名

harpsichon harpsicord harpicord harpichord harpsicon Cemb. Hpcd. Hpd. Hpsd. Hrpsd.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, the mechanical precusor to the fortepiano, in which each key causes a plectrum to pluck a corresponding tuned string, producing a bright, sharp tone similar to that of a harp.

    大键琴

    音乐

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cembalo

上位词 1

clavier

下位词 2

virginal spinet

词源

Early 1600s, borrowed from French harpechord (“harp string”), from New Latin harpichordium, from harpa (“harp”) + chorda (“string”). Influenced by and possibly also borrowed from Italian arpicordo, producing variant spellings. The unetymological -s-, which predominates by the 1660s, is of unclear origin.

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