a stringed instrument similar to a lute, with a flattened back and wire strings, used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe 西滕琴(弦乐器,似半梨形琉特琴,背部扁平,金属丝弦,见于16,17世纪欧洲)
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara, denoting a kind of harp. The spelling has been influenced by gittern