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cittern

/sit-ern/US // ˈsɪt ərn //UK // (ˈsɪtɜːn) //

柑橘,柠檬水,柠檬汁,柑橘树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.

Examples

  • The instrument here introduced is the cittern, played with or without a plectrum or quill.

  • The instrument, on which he doubtless accompanied his mournful love-songs, is a form of cittern.

  • Constantijn Huygens declares that he learnt to play the barbiton in a few weeks, but took two years to learn the cittern.

  • Robinson gives instructions for learning to play the cittern and for reading the tablature.

  • The last development of the cittern before its disappearance was the addition of keys.