harpsichord

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɑː(ɹ)p.sɪ.kɔː(ɹ)d/    美 /ˈhɑɹp.sɪˌkɔɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

harpsichords plural harpsicord alternative,dated harpicord alternative,archaic harpichord alternative,archaic harpsicon alternative,obsolete Cemb. alternative Hpcd. alternative Hpd. alternative Hpsd. alternative Hrpsd. alternative

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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