單詞
psalter
['s?lt?]
基本信息
- n. 詩(shī)篇；詩(shī)篇集
中文詞源
psalter 圣詠集，詩(shī)篇集
來(lái)自psalm,贊美詩(shī)，贊美歌，-er,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- psalter (n.)
- "the Book of Psalms," Old English saltere, psaltere, from Church Latin psalterium "the songs of David," in secular Latin, "stringed instrument played by twanging," from Greek psalterion "stringed instrument, psaltery, harp," from psallein "to pluck, play on a stringed instrument" (see psalm).