plectrum
/ˈplektrəm/noun
(pl. plectrums或plectra /-trə/)
1- a thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar拨子, 琴拨, 拨弦片。
1.1
- the corresponding mechanical part which plucks the strings of an instrument such as a harpsichord机械琴拨。
词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek plēktron 'something with which to strike'， from plēssein 'to strike'.