spinet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɪn.ɪt/|/spɪˈnɛt/    美 /ˈspɪn.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
    — He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
  2. A spinney. obsolete
    — The invention was to have a Satyr lodged in a little spinet, by which her majesty and the prince were to come

词形变化

spinets plural spinnet alternative spinets plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Italian spinettabor.
English spinet
Borrowed from Italian spinetta.
词源 2
From Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney
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