Flute

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).

(noun.) a tall narrow wineglass.

(verb.) form flutes in.

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• Why should you expect me to oblige you by hearing you play the flute, any more than I should expect you to oblige me by not playing it? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But what do you say to flute-makers and flute-players? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• While I was yet in the full enjoyment of it, the old woman of the house said to the Master: 'Have you got your flute with you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In flute-like tones of sarcasm she said-- You can easily go after Mrs. Casaubon and explain your preference. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Why, David has his harp, or flute, which comes to the same thing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The flute becomes inaudible, the wheels of the coach are heard instead, and I am on my journey. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A strain of plaintive music, played on stringed instruments, and flutes, recalled my attention to the hidden shrine. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There was music every where--choruses, string bands, brass bands, flutes, every thing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• These were fluted, once, and yet, although the stone is about as hard as iron, the flutings are almost worn away. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• One roller of each pair was covered with leather, and the other was fluted lengthwise. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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