flute

フルート

管にある穴の縁に息を吹きかけて音を出す楽器。

やさしい英語で： A musical instrument shaped like a tube, played by blowing across a hole.

• She plays the flute.
• I heard two flutes in the orchestra.
• He bought a silver flute for his daughter.

よく使う表現： play the flute, silver flute, flute player

溝

柱や銃身などの表面に刻まれた、丸みのある長いくぼみ。

やさしい英語で： A long, rounded hollow line cut into a surface, such as a column or gun barrel.

• Each flute runs down the stone column.
• The barrel’s flutes reduce its weight.
• Dust had gathered inside the carved flutes.

類義語： groove, channel

よく使う表現： column flute, vertical flute, barrel flute

リコーダー

端から息を吹き込み、指で穴をふさいで音を変える管状の楽器。

やさしい英語で： A tube-shaped musical instrument with finger holes and an end that you blow directly into.

• The child played a wooden flute.
• She covered the flute’s finger holes.
• He blew into the flute’s mouthpiece to begin the tune.

類義語： recorder

よく使う表現： wooden flute, play the flute