flute(名词):长笛;笛子。一种常见的木管乐器(现代多为金属制),通过吹气并按键/按孔发声。也可指细长杯形的高脚杯(如香槟杯)等用法,但最常见义为乐器。
/fluːt/
She plays the flute every day.
她每天都吹长笛。
The composer wrote a delicate melody for flute and strings, letting the flute rise above the orchestra like a clear voice.
作曲家为长笛与弦乐写了一段精致的旋律,让长笛像清澈的嗓音一样在乐队之上浮现。
flute 来自中古法语 flute,与“吹奏的管状乐器”有关,词形在欧洲语言中长期相近,后来进入英语并固定用来指这类管乐器。