guitar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gui·tar /ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 
APMa musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc) 吉他an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar 原声吉他/电吉他/古典吉他 → bass guitar, steel guitar →5 see picture at 见图 stringed instrument, acoustic
APMa musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc) 吉他an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar 原声吉他/电吉他/古典吉他 → bass guitar, steel guitar →5 see picture at 见图 stringed instrument, acousticExamples from the Corpus
guitar• Yamaha's factory in Kaohsiung has been building guitars now for over twenty years ... Neville Martenflies East.• He played classical guitar, and our music class was one of the most enjoyable hours for me.• The album is an absolute feast of fully cranked guitar and catchy pop choruses.• The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.• It is a slow, stomping thing with grunting; the guitars hate us and the drums are thick and stupid.• There are no frets or strings on the guitar neck, and thus nothing to do with your left hand.• It's very difficult to describe sounds, but the humbuckers fitted to this guitar exhibit real tone.• Then I saw a gaggle of youths arriving with guitar cases for a recording session, and I changed my mind.Origin guitar (1600-1700) French guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrumentgui·tar nounChineseSyllable
musical Corpus six a usually strings that instrument with you
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guitar
gui‧tar S3 W3 /ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/
noun [countable]
a musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)
an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar ⇨ bass guitar, steel guitar
gui‧tar S3 W3 /ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrument
Language: French
Origin: guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrument
a musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)
an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar ⇨ bass guitar, steel guitar
