单词 | plectron |
释义 | plectron (once / 337695 pages) n WORD FAMILY plectron: plectra USAGE EXAMPLESAll of these three instruments had strings of brass, with quill plectra attached to pieces of wood. Glover, Ellye Howell, How the Piano Came to Be(2010) To paraphrase a popular expression, "fingers were made before plectra," the latter being an "improvement" on nature's contrivance. Saint-George, Henry, The Bow, Its History, Manufacture a...(2010) Aristotle predicted, long ago, that “when the shuttle would move of itself, and plectra of themselves strike the lyre, we should need no more slaves.” Lalor, John J. (John Joseph), Principles Of Political Economy(2010) n a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument Syn|Hypo|Hyper pick, plectrum guitar pick a plectrum used to pluck a guitar device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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