| 单词 | kaffir harp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKaffir harp Kaffir harp n. (usually in form Kafir harp) In the Nuristan province of Afghanistan (a region formerly known as Kafiristan): a harp-like instrument, consisting of four or five strings (plucked with a plectrum) attached to each end of a curved piece of wood which passes through an animal skin stretched across the top of a figure-of-eight soundbox; see sense A. 4.In Nuristan this instrument is usually known as a waji or waj. ΚΠ 1954 Man 54 152/2 The Kaffir harp is always played with a plectrum. 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 43 In the Kafir harp the lower end of the bow reappears above the skin. 2014 A. Spencer Big Bk. of Numbers xlvii. 187 An Afghani Kafir harp has just 4 or 5 strings. < as lemmas |
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