harpsichord
/ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːd/noun
- a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries羽管键琴, 拨弦古钢琴。
派生词
harpsichordist
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French harpechorde, from late Latin harpa 'harp' + chorda 'string' （the insertion of the letter s being unexplained）.