dulcimer

名词 dulcimer:

1. a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
2. a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers

dul.ci.mer

n.Music （名词）【音乐】
An instrument with wire strings of graduated lengths stretched over a sound box, played by striking with two padded hammers or by plucking.
洋琴：音箱上绷有长度渐进的弦线的乐器，拨奏或用小木槌敲击演奏

来源：
Alteration influenced by Latin dulcis [sweet]
受 拉丁语 dulcis的影响 [甜]
of Middle English doucemer
中古英语 doucemer的变化
from Old French doulcemer, doulcemele
源自 古法语 doulcemer, doulcemele
probably from Latin dulce melos [sweet song]
可能源自 拉丁语 dulce melos [甜歌]
dulce [neuter of] dulcis [sweet]
dulce [] dulcis的中性 [甜]
melos [song] from Greek melos
melos [歌] 源自 希腊语 melos