单词 | fluted |
释义 | flutedadj. 1. Having, furnished, or ornamented with flutes, channels, or grooves. fluted-scale (Entomology) = cushion-scale n. at cushion n. Compounds 2. fluted spectrum, one in which the spectrum lines appear to be grouped in flutes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved channelled?a1425 guttered1562 chamfered1565 channelured1578 fluted1611 furrowy1611 furrowed1615 striated1646 striate1678 struck1678 cannulated1696 canaliculated1751 grooved1793 goffered1860 cannelured1872 runnelled1876 rilled1899 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing sweetly > melodiously sung fluted1611 warbled1637 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Canelé, channelled, fluted, furrowed, straked. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 21 Jan. in Wks. (1955) VII. 262 4 noble fluted pillars. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. 24 And fluted cypresses reared up Their living obelisks. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 121 United on one fluted portion of the rollers. 1881 N. Lockyer in Nature No. 614. 318 Iodine vapour..gives us this fluted spectrum. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 212/1 Fluted Ruche..is composed of single Box-pleats stitched to a certain depth inwards so as to leave the edges of the pleats loose. 2. Music. (See quot. 1828.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > thin or weak weaka1300 subtilea1398 sprotya1500 forfeebled1513 exile1610 fluted1828 1828 T. Busby Mus. Man. (at cited word) When the upper notes of a soprano voice are of a thin and flute-like tone, they are said to be Fluted. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 240 All the nauseous sweetness of a fluted falsetto. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia vi. 174 The köil's fluted song, the Bulbul's hymn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611 |
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