Flute

[fluːt] or [flut]

解释:

(noun.) a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown.

(noun.) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).

(noun.) a tall narrow wineglass.

(verb.) form flutes in.

校对:赛克--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

(v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.

(n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

(n.) A long French breakfast roll.

(n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

(n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

(v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

(v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

(v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

手打:特雷弗

解释:

n. a musical pipe with finger-holes and keys sounded by blowing: in organ-building a stop with stopped wooden pipes having a flute-like tone: one of a series of curved furrows as on a pillar called also Fluting: a tall and narrow wine-glass: a shuttle in tapestry-weaving &c.—v.i. to play the flute.—v.t. to play or sing in soft flute-like tones: to form flutes or grooves in.—adj. Flut′ed ornamented with flutes channels or grooves.—ns. Flut′er; Fluti′na (tē′-) a kind of accordion; Flut′ing-machine′ a machine for corrugating sheet-metal also a wood-turning machine for forming twisted spiral and fluted balusters; Flut′ist.—adj. Flut′y in tone like a flute.

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