zither

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈzɪ.ðə/    美 /ˈzɪ.ðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.
  2. Related or similar instruments in other cultures, such as the Chinese guqin or Norwegian harpeleik; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body.
动词 v.
  1. To play a zither.
    — […] the fluting began again. Not alone this time, but, to Rosalie’s infinite surprise, accompanied on a zither. […] At this moment the fluting and zithering began again.
  2. To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.
    — c. 1890, May Ostlere, Dead! London: Trischler, Chapter 3, p. 76, Now [the wind] swithered through the badly-fixed windows, making zithering sounds as of an army of cold and frozen-out mosquitoes […]

词形变化

zithers plural zithers present,singular,third-person zithering participle,present zithered participle,past zithered past

词汇关系

衍生词
box zither moon zither zitherist
相关词
dulcimer harpeleik

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar.
词源 2
Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar.
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