释义 |
zith·er I. \ˈzithə(r), ˈzithə(r)\ noun also zit·tern \ˈzid.ə(r)n\ (-s) Etymology: zither from German, from Old High German zitera, cithara cittern, from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara; zittern alteration (influenced by cittern) of zither : a musical instrument consisting of a shallow soundboard set horizontally before the performer and overlaid with 30 to 40 strings some of which pass over a fretted fingerboard, are stopped with the left hand, and are played by a plectrum on the right thumb to produce the melody and the remainder of which are tuned in fourths and plucked by the fingers of the right hand — compare cittern
II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to play on the zither |