| 释义 |
‖ flûte-à-bec|flytabɛk|
[Fr., lit. ‘flute with beak’.]
An old form of flute, also called English flute, having a mouthpiece with a fipple; now, a recorder.
1797Encycl. Brit. VII. 310/1 This [sc. the flute] is a very ancient instrument. It was at first called the flute à bec. 1825[see flauto]. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 171 The flûte à bec was used so commonly in England that it was called on the continent flûte d'Angleterre. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 351/1 The flageolet is a smaller variety of the old flute-à-bec. 1930Daily Express 8 Sept. 6/3 The half-forgotten flute-a-becs, bassethorns..and oboes d'amore. 1959Collins' Music Encycl. 250/1 Flûte à bec, flûte douce, recorder. 1959A. Rowland-Jones Recorder Technique iii. 30 The wind-way of a recorder is formed by the insertion of an incised plug..into the blown end of the tube, which is generally made beak-shaped (whence ‘Flûte à bec’) to fit between the lips. |