English Dictionary

dulcimer

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdʌl.sɪ.mɚ/

名詞

A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).

日本語の意味

弦が響板に張られている弦楽器。通常、台の上（膝の上またはテーブル上）で演奏され、一部は独自の脚を持つものもある。伝統的には羽ペンで弦をはじくか、ハンマー式の場合は弦を叩いて演奏される。

He carried the dulcimer to the folk festival, hoping its warm, resonant tones would draw a crowd.

彼は、膝の上やテーブルに置いて演奏する台形の弦楽器で、弦をはじくかハンマーで叩いて音を出すものをフォークフェスティバルに持って行き、その温かく豊かな共鳴音が人々を引き寄せることを期待した。

意味（1）

A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal. It is played on the lap or horizontally on a table. Some have their own legs. These musical instruments are played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).

The two classes of dulcimer are the Mountain or Appalachian dulcimer (plucked and played with a quill, usually a goose quill) and the hammered dulcimer (played by tapping on the strings with small hammers). See also: zither

dulcimers （ plural ）