autoharp

英 ['ɔːtə(ʊ)hɑːp] 美 ['ɔto'hɑrp]
  • n. 自鸣筝(一种古琴)

英文词源


autoharp (n.)
1882, name on a patent taken out by Charles F. Zimmermann of Philadelphia, U.S.A., for an improved type of harp, an instrument considerably different from the modern autoharp, actually a chord zither, which was invented about the same time by K.A. Gütter of Markneukirchen, Germany, who called it a Volkszither.

双语例句


1. She learned to play the autoharp.
她还学会了演奏竖琴.

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