plectrum
n. 拨子, 琴拨, 锤骨 [医] 悬壅垂, 锤骨, 颞骨茎突
发音
US
/ˈplɛk.tɹəm/
词形变化
plectra
plectrums
复数
plectrums
plectra
复数
别名
plectron
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
拨子
音乐 -
2.
A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.
医学 生物 动物学
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”).
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