harpsichord

英 ['hɑ?ps?k??d] 美

GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?harpsichords;

1、harp => harp- => harpi- => harpsi-(-s-來源不清楚) + chord-.
2、對比：clavichord => 擊弦古鋼琴, harpsichord => 撥弦古鋼琴.

harpsichord 撥弦鍵琴

harp,豎琴，-chord,弦，詞源同cord,-s,可能是復(fù)數(shù)后綴。用于樂器名撥弦鍵琴。

harpsichord: harpsichord: [17] Harpsichord means literally ‘harp-string’. Harp [OE] is a Germanic word. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *kharpōn, which also produced German harfe, Dutch harp, and Swedish harpa, and was borrowed into the Romance languages via late Latin harpa (its Italian descendant, arpa, gave English arpeggio [18]). When the harpsichord was developed in the late 16th century, it was named in Italian arpicordo, a compound formed with corda ‘string’. English acquired the term via the now obsolete French harpechorde, for some unknown reason inserting an s in the process.
=> arpeggio, harp
harpsichord (n.): 1610s, from French harpechorde "harp string," from Modern Latin harpichordium (source also of Italian arpicordo), from harpa (see harp (n.)) + chorda "string" (see cord). The unexplained intrusive -s- in the English word is there by 1660s.

2. I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.: 我會彈奏大鍵琴,同樣地,我也會給大鍵琴調(diào)音.

3. After playing a little on the harpsichord, he asked for a theme.: 貝多芬在大鍵琴上演奏了一會兒后, 向莫扎特要了個主旋律.