harpsichord
英 ['hɑːpsɪkɔːd]
美
助記提示
1、harp => harp- => harpi- => harpsi-(-s-來源不清楚) + chord-.
2、對比：clavichord => 擊弦古鋼琴, harpsichord => 撥弦古鋼琴.
中文詞源
harpsichord 撥弦鍵琴harp,豎琴，-chord,弦，詞源同cord,-s,可能是複數後綴。用於樂器名撥弦鍵琴。
英文詞源
- harpsichord
- harpsichord: [17] Harpsichord means literally ‘harp-string’. Harp [OE] is a Germanic word. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *kharpōn, which also produced German harfe, Dutch harp, and Swedish harpa, and was borrowed into the Romance languages via late Latin harpa (its Italian descendant, arpa, gave English arpeggio [18]). When the harpsichord was developed in the late 16th century, it was named in Italian arpicordo, a compound formed with corda ‘string’. English acquired the term via the now obsolete French harpechorde, for some unknown reason inserting an s in the process.
=> arpeggio, harp - harpsichord (n.)
- 1610s, from French harpechorde "harp string," from Modern Latin harpichordium (source also of Italian arpicordo), from harpa (see harp (n.)) + chorda "string" (see cord). The unexplained intrusive -s- in the English word is there by 1660s.
雙語例句
- 1. the plangent sound of the harpsichord
- 撥弦鍵琴如泣如訴的聲音
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.
- 我會彈奏大鍵琴,同樣地,我也會給大鍵琴調音.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. After playing a little on the harpsichord, he asked for a theme.
- 貝多芬在大鍵琴上演奏了一會兒後, 向莫紮特要了個主旋律.
來自互聯網
- 4. Harpsichord music is readily playable.
- 古鋼琴音樂可以隨時演奏.
來自互聯網