crotchet
英 ['krɒtʃɪt]
美 ['krɑtʃɪt]
crotchet 四分音符词源同crook,crochet. 音乐术语，因形如小弯钩而得名。
- crotchet
- crotchet: see croquet
- crotchet (n.)
- late 14c., "crocket," later "small hook" (early 15c.), from Old French crochet (pronounced "crotchet") "hook" (see crochet). As a surgical instrument, from 1750. Figurative use in musical notation is from mid-15c., from the shape of the notes. Meaning "whimsical fancy" is from 1570s; perhaps from the same mechanical image in crank; but other authorities link this sense to the musical notation one.
