| 单词 | gittern |
| 释义 | gittern (once / 124414 pages) n WORD FAMILY gittern USAGE EXAMPLESThe guitar, which may be considered a descendant of the gittern, is said to have completely eclipsed its ancestor in the seventeenth century. Darwin, Francis, Sir, Springtime and Other Essays(2010) "Nay, my lord, rather let me try the gittern," she said. Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, Historic Boys—Their Endeavours, The...(2010) Ferne, with a slight laugh, stooped to pick up the fallen gittern. Johnston, Mary, Sir Mortimer(2010) n a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings Syn|Hyper cither, cithern, citole, cittern guitar a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking |
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