Pizzicato

美 [ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ]英 [ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ]

Pizzicato

adv.

music 音弹拨的（地）；拨奏的（地）
played using the fingers instead of a bow to pull at the strings of a musical instrument such as a violin

1

As a kind of traditional Chinese pizzicato musical instrument , Zheng has about two or three thousand years long history .

古筝作为我国古老的民族弹拨乐器，有着两三千年的历史。
2

The largest bowed stringed instrument in the modern orchestra , also used frequently in jazz ensembles , especially played pizzicato .

尤用于拨奏的现代管弦乐队的最大弓弦乐器，也常用于爵士乐合奏。