glassichord

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A 19th-century musical instrument made of glass plates that are struck by hammers or sticks.
    — A patent has been granted for the combination of the glassichord with the piano; and in the same connexion an improvement has been made in the tones of the glassichord itself, by a more elastic mode of suspending the strips of glass than has been before used.
  2. Synonym of glass harmonica.
    — He revived and improved the harmonica, or glassichord, and extended his speculations to the finer arts; showing that he could taste and criticise even the compositions of a Handel!
  3. Anything that produces a similarly pure continuous sound. figuratively
    — The moveless, still air acted as a glassichord on the waters, which rang under the shrill voice of the singer.

词形变化

glassichords plural

词源

From glass + -i- + chord.
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