1845, from Italian pizzicato "plucked," past participle of pizzicare "to pluck (strings), pinch," from pizzare "to prick, to sting," from Old Italian pizzo "point, edge," from Vulgar Latin *pits-, probably of imitative origin. As an adjective from 1880.
雙語例句
1. Pizzicato and arco techniques have almost unlimited expressive potential, thanks to the Polar Pickup System.