sitar
/si-tahr/US // sɪˈtɑr //UK // (sɪˈtɑː, ˈsɪtɑː) //
西塔琴,锡塔琴,西塔
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
Examples
First up, he got interested in Indian music and took lessons on sitar from Ravi Shankar.
Paul McCartney wrote a few sentimental ballads, Harrison learned sitar.
Legendary Lovers” has her cooing at her man over sitar backing to “say my name like a scripture.
Motee sang again; but the accompaniment was wild and irregular, and the Khan at last threw down the sitar.
Sitar placed the two girls side by side and drew off to survey her work.
Returning to the others, they found Dorothy and Sitar deep in conversation.
She took the light silver-studded sitar and began a song of the great hero Rajah Rasalu.
Blanche brought her sitar and handed it to Chaudoreille, who raised his eyes to Heaven and heaved a big sigh as he took it.
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