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plectrum

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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plec·trum /ˈplektrəm/ noun [countable] especially British English  APMa small thin piece of plastic, metal, or wood that you use for playing some musical instruments with strings, such as a guitar 〔吉他等弦乐器用的〕拨片,拨子 SYN pick
Examples from the Corpus
plectrumNo one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum!I don't use a plectrum.There are also chapters on promotional picks, and plectrums customized and specially designed for thumb and finger.We see his urgency edge lower, the plectrum peck ... Tropical humours!
Origin plectrum (1600-1700) Latin Greek plektron, from plessein to hit
plec·trum nounChineseSyllable
plastic, thin small metal, wood of Corpus piece a or


plectrum
plectrum /ˈplektrəm/ noun [countable] especially British English
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek plektron, from plessein 'to hit'
a small thin piece of plastic, metal, or wood that you use for playing some musical instruments with strings, such as a guitar
   SYN  pick


plec·trumBrE /ˈplektrəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplektrəm/ 🔊 noun (
plural
plec·trums
or
plec·tra BrE /ˈplektrə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈplektrə/ 🔊
)
(also informal pick)
a small piece of metal, plastic, etc. used for plucking the strings of a guitar or similar instrument (弹拨琴弦用的)琴拨,拨子