释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024harp•si•chord /ˈhɑrpsɪˌkɔrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea musical keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by leather points.
harp•si•chord•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024harp•si•chord (härp′si kôrd′),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- Neo-Latin harpichordium (with intrusive -s- of obscure origin, originally). See harp, -i-, chord1
- 1605–15
harp′si•chord′ist, n. |