| 单词 | flute |
| 释义 | flute —flutelike, adj. /flooht/, n. , v. , fluted, fluting. n. 1. a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder. 2. an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone. 3. Archit. , Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column. See diag. under column. 4. any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust. 5. one of the helical grooves of a twist drill. 6. a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl. 7. a similar stemmed glass, used esp. for champagne. v.i. 8. to produce flutelike sounds. 9. to play on a flute. 10. (of a metal strip or sheet) to kink or break in bending. v.t. 11. to utter in flutelike tones. 12. to form longitudinal flutes or furrows in: to flute a piecrust. [1350-1400; ME floute < MF flaüte, flahute, fleüte < OPr flaüt (perh. alter. of flaujol, flauja) < VL *flabeolum. See FLAGEOLET, LUTE] |
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