释义 |
spinetspi‧net /spɪˈnet $ ˈspɪnɪt/ noun [countable] spinetOrigin: 1600-1700 Italian spinetta, perhaps from Giovanni Spinetti 16th-century Italian musician who supposedly invented the instrument - Piano students work on nine sturdy spinets in the Sherman auditorium.
- Small vertical pianos, especially the compact but musically compromised spinet, now constitute a negligible portion of the piano business.
1a musical instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, which is played like a piano2American English a small upright piano |