Harpsichord
['hɑːpsɪkɔːd]
解释:
(n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
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解释:
n. an old-fashioned keyed musical instrument where the sound is produced by the twitching of the strings by a piece of crow-quill or hard leather.
手打:莫尔
例句:
- He says there is only an old harpsichord at Lowick, and it is covered with books. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The harp with which David stirred the dead soul of Saul was the prototype of the sweet clavichord, the romantic virginal, the tinkling harpsichord, and the grand piano. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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