flute
英 [flu?t]
美 [flut]
助記提示
1. blow => Latin flare (pp. flatus) "to blow" => flute.
2. perhaps Latin flare (pp. flatus) "to blow" + lute => flute: 用嘴吹奏的樂器.
3. lute => flute.
4. perhaps influenced by lute.
5. f-(諧音“風”) + lute => 用嘴吹風、吹氣的樂器。
中文詞源
flute 長笛詞源不確定。可能為擬聲詞或來自輔音叢bl, fl, 吹，鼓起，詞源同blow, flatulent. 用來指一種木管樂器。
英文詞源
- flute
- flute: [14] Proven?al flaut was probably the original source of flute, and it reached English via Old French floute or floite. Where flaut came from, however, is another matter, and a much disputed one. Some etymologists claim that it is ultimately simply an imitation of a high-pitched sound, its initial consonant cluster perhaps provided by Proven?al flajol ‘small flute or whistle’ (source of English flageolet [17], but itself of unknown origin) and Latin flāre ‘blow’; others suggest a specific blend of flajol with Proven?al laut, source of English lute.
The sense ‘groove’ developed in English in the 17th century, from a comparison with the long thin shape of the instrument. Related forms in English include flautist [19], whose immediate source, Italian flautisto, preserves the au diphthong of the Proven?al source word flaut (American English prefers the older, native English formation flutist [17]); and perhaps flout [16], which may come from Dutch fluiten ‘play the flute’, hence ‘whistle at, mock’.
=> flout - flute (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French flaut, flaute (musical) "flute" (12c.), from Old Proven?al flaut, which is of uncertain origin; perhaps imitative or from Latin flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)); perhaps influenced by Proven?al laut "lute." The other Germanic words (such as German fl?te) are likewise borrowings from French.
Ancient flutes were direct, blown straight through a mouthpiece but held away from the player's mouth; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The older style then sometimes were called fl?te-a-bec (French, literally "flute with a beak"). The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of "furrow in a pillar" (1650s) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass" is from 1640s. - flute (v.)
- late 14c., "to play upon the flute," from flute (n.). Meaning "to make (architectural) flutes" is from 1570s. Related: Fluted; fluting.
雙語例句
- 1. Some of the instrumentation is exquisite, particularly for harp and flute.
- 有些器樂段落譜寫得非常優美，尤其是豎琴和長笛的部分。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. a concerto for flute and harp
- 長笛與豎琴協奏曲
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. She plays the flute in the school orchestra.
- 她在校管弦樂隊里吹長笛。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.
- 有很多供長笛演奏的曲目.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He took out his flute, and blew at it.
- 他拿出笛子吹了起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》