clavichord [?klav?k??d] nouna small, rectangular keyboard instrument with a soft tone, used for domestic music-making from the early 15th to early 19th centuries楔槌键琴，击弦古钢琴，（小矩形键盘乐器，音色柔和，15世纪早期至19世纪早期用于家庭奏乐）语源late Middle English: from medieval Latin clavichordium, from Latin clavis 'key' + chorda
