An Indian string instrument with a long neck, a round body made from a dried gourd, and metal strings that you pluck. What makes it sound the way it does is a second set of strings underneath the ones the player touches: nobody plays those, but they ring on their own when the played strings sound near them, and that is the shimmering, humming tail you hear after every note.

An Indian string instrument印度的弦樂器 with a long neck有長長的琴頸 a round body made from a dried gourd圓形的琴身是用曬乾的葫蘆做的 and metal strings that you pluck還有用手撥的金屬弦。What makes it sound the way it does讓它發出這種聲音的原因， is是 underneath the ones the player touches演奏者按的弦下面， a second set of strings還有另一組弦： nobody plays those沒有人彈它們， when the played strings sound near them當被彈的弦在附近發聲時， but they ring on their own但它們會自己共鳴， and that is這就是 you hear after every note你在每個音符之後聽到的、 the shimmering, humming tail那閃爍嗡嗡的尾音。

The player sits on the floor to play it.

The player演奏者 sits on the floor坐在地上 to play it來彈它

Ravi Shankar made it famous in the West in the 1960s, and George Harrison put it on Beatles records, so for many Western listeners the sound now means "India" or "the sixties" as much as it means the instrument.

Ravi Shankar拉維·香卡 in the 1960s在1960年代 made it famous讓它出名 in the West在西方 and George Harrison而喬治·哈里森 put it on Beatles records把它用在披頭四的唱片裡 so所以 for many Western listeners對許多西方聽眾來說 the sound now means這聲音現在代表的 "India" or "the sixties"「印度」或「六零年代」 as much as就跟…一樣多 it means the instrument它代表這個樂器

A player is a sitar player, or in Indian English a sitarist. You play the sitar.

A player演奏的人 is a sitar player叫做sitar player or或者 in Indian English在印度英語裡 a sitarist叫sitarist。You你 play彈奏 the sitar西塔琴

The dictionary comparison to a guitar is only a rough one — the sitar is much longer, is held at a slant, and its notes bend and slide in a way a guitar's do not.

The dictionary comparison to a guitar字典裡跟吉他做的比較 is only a rough one只是粗略的 the sitar西塔琴 is much longer長很多 is held at a slant是斜著拿的 and its notes而且它的音 bend and slide會彎會滑 in a way a guitar's do not吉他的音不會這樣