crwth

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kɹuːθ/    美 /kɹuθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing. historical
    — We find in one period crwths, with the strings twanged with the right hand, and stopped above with the left, being held as we hold a violoncello to-day, but being small, on the lap.

词形变化

crwths plural crowd alternative cruth alternative crowth alternative crouth alternative

词源

From earlier crowd, from Middle English crowde, reinforced by and cognate to Welsh crwth; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round thing”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary