管樂器。吹奏時(shí)笛身保持水平，故初名橫笛。起初用木料、后大都用銀合金制成。裝有杠桿式音鍵。所發(fā)低音圓潤柔和、高音清澈響亮?？捎糜讵?dú)奏或合奏。參見wind instrument條。
flute[flu:t]
n.長笛
‖ choir flute 教堂長笛
flute amabile 抒情笛聲音栓
flute & harpschord 長笛與古鋼琴
flute stop 笛聲音栓
fluted adj. 笛聲的
fluter n. 長笛吹奏者
flutey adj. 似笛聲的，長笛聲柔軟而清澈的
flutist n. 橫笛吹奏者，笛手
fluty adj. 似笛聲的，長笛聲柔軟而清澈的
Flute
n. name of the bellows-mender in “A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream” (Bellows-menders would repairfluted church organs as well as domestic bellows. ) 弗魯特，《仲復(fù)夜之夢》中修風(fēng)箱匠之名，意為“笛管”，蓋因修風(fēng)箱匠亦兼修教堂中的管風(fēng)琴