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zithern

/zith-ern, zith-/US // ˈzɪθ ərn, ˈzɪð- //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : cittern.
    • : zither.

Examples

  • But she does not call herself Signora Ballatino, and she does not play upon the zithern.

  • “Hon the zither,” retorted the chairman, waxing mildly indignant; he meant zithern, but he called it a zither.

  • She sat there with the zithern, letting her fingers glide gently over the strings.

  • I am having a statue erected to Mesomedes, the great zithern-player—you perhaps know his songs.

  • He had tried to write something, but had stuck while trying to think of a rhyme for zithern.