guitarn.

Brit.

/ɡᵻˈtɑː/, U.S.

/ɡəˈtɑr/

Forms: 1600s ghittar, gitarr(e, gittar(r, gotire, guittarre, 1600s–1700s guitarre, 1600s–1800s guittar, 1700s guitare, 1600s– guitar. Also in Spanish, and quasi-Spanish or Italian form, 1600s, 1800s guitarra, 1600s guittara, 1800s ghitarra.

Etymology: < Spanish guitarra, and its modern French adaptation guitare (Provençal guitara , Italian chitarra ), < Greek κιθάρα . The word had been adopted in classical Latin as ˈcithara , whence Italian cetera , cetra , Provençal cidra , Old High German cithara , modern German zither , modern French cithare , English cither . See also citole n., gittern n.

A musical instrument of the lute class, with six strings, which are twanged with the right hand, and a handle or finger-board provided with frets for stopping the notes with the left hand.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar

guitara1637

kitarc1640

Spanish guitar1862

easy rider1912

plectrum guitar1938

rhythm guitar1939

a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 50 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Give me my Guittara: and roome for our Chiefe.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. viii. 23 Tuning his Guitarra and singing to us some verses.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. i. 180 Sometimes with a careless stroke I brush the Gittar.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1862/8 A little Gittar, wrought with Ivory and Ebony on the back.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 99 So delicate, like a Guitarre, that it won't bear the fingers.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. v. 44 Mr. Thornhill..then took up the guitar himself.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 90 The dead, lumpish, tubby tones of the fourth and fifth strings of the guittar.

1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth IV. xxvi. 119 Their ghitarras might be disposed of.

1842 R. H. Barham Sir Rupert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 32 Full sweetly she sang to a sparkling guitar, With silver cords.

1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ix. 350 The guitarra..is still to be found..among the Arabs in Tunis.

1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 57 It is difficult to determine when the cithara had so far departed from the form of a lyre as to become a guitar.

figurative.1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice ii. 11 Oh! no, Madam, he's the General Guitarre o' the Town, inlay'd with every thing Women fancy.1710 Brit. Apollo 13–15 Feb. Where is this Hatchet-fac'd Gittar?

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

guitar-box n.

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1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 296 Here are the coolies returning! I can make out my guitar-box on the head of one man.

guitar-case n.

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1657 J. Verney Let. 13 Jan. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) x. 365 You left your gittarre Case att Bremers.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 152 Parasols, guitar-cases; and parcels of all imaginable shapes.

1848 Knickerbocker 18 225 Mr. Thwackit..took his guitar-case in one hand and his double barreled fowling-piece in the other.

1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 889/1 Popular-priced guitar cases.

guitar-man n.

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1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. 17 Psha, she's taken up with her impertinent Guitar Man.

guitar-master n.

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1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. 17 Her Guitar Master is with her.

guitar-picker n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > guitar-player

guitarist1771

guitar-player1834

rhythm guitarist1934

guitar-picker1951

fingerpicker1959

axeman1976

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 203 For many years, while the French were learning about jazz, no Frenchman except possibly Django Reinhardt, the guitar picker, could play it.

1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene v. 78 The ‘urban blues singers' circuits’..served by the guitar-pickers and itinerant piano players.

guitar-picking n.

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1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xv. 169 The guitar-picking colleagues of Huddie Ledbetter.

guitar-player n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > guitar-player

guitarist1771

guitar-player1834

rhythm guitarist1934

guitar-picker1951

fingerpicker1959

axeman1976

1834 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) II. 289/2 They seem but whistlers and guitar-players compared to a full-cheeked trumpeter.

guitar-playing n. and adj.

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1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto iv. 166 A guitar-playing gallant of Madrid.

C2.

guitar-fish n. a ray belonging to the family Rhinobatidæ.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Rhinobatidae (guitar-fish)

shark-ray1836

rhinobatid1859

sand-shark1882

guitar-fish1905

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. xxx. 550 The Rhinobatidæ (guitar-fishes) are long-bodied, shovel-nosed rays, with strong tails... The numerous species abound in all warm seas.

1963 D. G. Stead Sharks & Rays Austral. Seas xv. 138 We come to a division of rays, almost all of which would be classed as Shovelnoses by Australian fishermen coming in contact with them, and known in America and elsewhere as Guitar-fishes.

guitar-plant n. a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatia tinctoria (Morris Austral-Eng.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	guitar
释义	guitarn. Brit. /ɡᵻˈtɑː/, U.S. /ɡəˈtɑr/ Forms: 1600s ghittar, gitarr(e, gittar(r, gotire, guittarre, 1600s–1700s guitarre, 1600s–1800s guittar, 1700s guitare, 1600s– guitar. Also in Spanish, and quasi-Spanish or Italian form, 1600s, 1800s guitarra, 1600s guittara, 1800s ghitarra. Etymology: < Spanish guitarra, and its modern French adaptation guitare (Provençal guitara , Italian chitarra ), < Greek κιθάρα . The word had been adopted in classical Latin as ˈcithara , whence Italian cetera , cetra , Provençal cidra , Old High German cithara , modern German zither , modern French cithare , English cither . See also citole n., gittern n. A musical instrument of the lute class, with six strings, which are twanged with the right hand, and a handle or finger-board provided with frets for stopping the notes with the left hand. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar guitara1637 kitarc1640 Spanish guitar1862 easy rider1912 plectrum guitar1938 rhythm guitar1939 a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 50 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Give me my Guittara: and roome for our Chiefe. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. viii. 23 Tuning his Guitarra and singing to us some verses. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. i. 180 Sometimes with a careless stroke I brush the Gittar. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1862/8 A little Gittar, wrought with Ivory and Ebony on the back. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 99 So delicate, like a Guitarre, that it won't bear the fingers. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. v. 44 Mr. Thornhill..then took up the guitar himself. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 90 The dead, lumpish, tubby tones of the fourth and fifth strings of the guittar. 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth IV. xxvi. 119 Their ghitarras might be disposed of. 1842 R. H. Barham Sir Rupert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 32 Full sweetly she sang to a sparkling guitar, With silver cords. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ix. 350 The guitarra..is still to be found..among the Arabs in Tunis. 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 57 It is difficult to determine when the cithara had so far departed from the form of a lyre as to become a guitar. figurative.1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice ii. 11 Oh! no, Madam, he's the General Guitarre o' the Town, inlay'd with every thing Women fancy.1710 Brit. Apollo 13–15 Feb. Where is this Hatchet-fac'd Gittar? Compounds C1. General attributive. guitar-box n. ΚΠ 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 296 Here are the coolies returning! I can make out my guitar-box on the head of one man. guitar-case n. ΚΠ 1657 J. Verney Let. 13 Jan. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) x. 365 You left your gittarre Case att Bremers. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 152 Parasols, guitar-cases; and parcels of all imaginable shapes. 1848 Knickerbocker 18 225 Mr. Thwackit..took his guitar-case in one hand and his double barreled fowling-piece in the other. 1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 889/1 Popular-priced guitar cases. guitar-man n. ΚΠ 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. 17 Psha, she's taken up with her impertinent Guitar Man. guitar-master n. ΚΠ 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy ii. 17 Her Guitar Master is with her. guitar-picker n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > guitar-player guitarist1771 guitar-player1834 rhythm guitarist1934 guitar-picker1951 fingerpicker1959 axeman1976 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 203 For many years, while the French were learning about jazz, no Frenchman except possibly Django Reinhardt, the guitar picker, could play it. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene v. 78 The ‘urban blues singers' circuits’..served by the guitar-pickers and itinerant piano players. guitar-picking n. ΚΠ 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xv. 169 The guitar-picking colleagues of Huddie Ledbetter. guitar-player n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] > guitar-player guitarist1771 guitar-player1834 rhythm guitarist1934 guitar-picker1951 fingerpicker1959 axeman1976 1834 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) II. 289/2 They seem but whistlers and guitar-players compared to a full-cheeked trumpeter. guitar-playing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto iv. 166 A guitar-playing gallant of Madrid. C2. guitar-fish n. a ray belonging to the family Rhinobatidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Rhinobatidae (guitar-fish) shark-ray1836 rhinobatid1859 sand-shark1882 guitar-fish1905 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. xxx. 550 The Rhinobatidæ (guitar-fishes) are long-bodied, shovel-nosed rays, with strong tails... The numerous species abound in all warm seas. 1963 D. G. Stead Sharks & Rays Austral. Seas xv. 138 We come to a division of rays, almost all of which would be classed as Shovelnoses by Australian fishermen coming in contact with them, and known in America and elsewhere as Guitar-fishes. guitar-plant n. a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatia tinctoria (Morris Austral-Eng.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). guitarv. Brit. /ɡᵻˈtɑː/, U.S. /ɡəˈtɑr/ Etymology: < guitar n. 1. intransitive. To play the guitar. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play guitar fum1607 guitar1816 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 24 Dec. (1976) V. 149 Guitarring and strumming, Oh Thomas Moore. 1827 G. Darley Sylvia 138 Soft flutists, and sweet serenaders Guitarring o'er the level green. 2. transitive. To serenade with a guitar. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > serenade with guitar guitar1840 1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt viii Guitaring silly girls as Thelwal did. Derivatives guiˈtarring n. ΚΠ 1852 Mrs. Smythies Bride Elect xiii Go and see what all this guitarring and serenading is about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1637v.1816
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guitarn.

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guitarv.

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