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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flute \Flute\ (fl[=u]t), n. [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D.
   fluit.]
   A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

   {Armed en fl[^u]te}(Nav.), partially armed.

Flute \Flute\, v. i. [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. fla["u]ter,
   fle["u]ter, flouster, F. fl[^u]ter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed
   to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a
   blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. {Flout}, {Flageolet},
   {Flatulent}.]
   To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

Flute \Flute\, n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla["u]te,
   flahute, flahuste, F. fl?te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See
   {Flute}, v. i.]
   1. 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.

            The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. (Arch.) 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.

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

   4. A long French breakfast roll. --Simonds.

   5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

   {Flute bit}, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and
      other hard woods.

   {Flute pipe}, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter
      which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe.
      --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fluting}.]
   1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like
      that of a flute.

            Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic
            tenderness.                           --Tennyson.

            The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.      --Emerson.

   2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle,
      etc.

資料來源 : WordNet®

flute
     v : form flutes in

flute
     n 1: 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 [syn: {transverse
          flute}]
     2: a tall narrow wineglass [syn: {flute glass}, {champagne
        flute}]
     3: a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow
        concave groove on the shaft of a column [syn: {fluting}]