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plectrum

noun
🔊/ˈplektrəm/
🔊/ˈplektrəm/
(plural plectrums, plectra
🔊/ˈplektrə/
🔊/ˈplektrə/
)
(also informal pick)
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  1. 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Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlectrum is used after these nouns:
    • guitar
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek plēktron ‘something with which to strike’, from plēssein ‘to strike’.