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spinet

🇬🇧 UK/'spinit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

n.

A small, compact harpsichord or upright piano.

小型拨弦古钢琴;小型立式钢琴

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
spinspine, prickle, thorn
+
etsuffix
=spinet

Common Collocations

  • 1.antique spinet古董小钢琴
  • 2.play the spinet弹奏小型古钢琴
  • 3.[spinet piano]小型立式钢琴
  • 4.upright spinet直立式小钢琴

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The antique spinet in the parlor had not been played for over a century.

  • 2.

    She learned her first scales on a modest spinet her grandmother had left behind.

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