n. 短笛, 短笛吹奏者

a. (乐器)小型的, 像短笛的

[ noun ]
a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
<noun.artifact>

Piccolo \Pic"co*lo\, n. [It., small.]
1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an
octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.

2. (Mus.) A small upright piano.

3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.

Octave \Oc"tave\, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus
eighth, fr. octo eight. See {Eight}, and cf. {Octavo},
{Utas}.]
1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
being included; also, the week following a church
festival. ``The octaves of Easter.'' --Jer. Taylor.

2. (Mus.)
(a) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one
and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal
length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(b) The whole diatonic scale itself.

Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2
as regards the number of vibrations producing the
tones.

3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of
four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir
P. Sidney.

{Double octave}. (Mus.) See under {Double}.

{Octave flute} (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which
range an octave higher than those of the German or
ordinary flute; -- called also {piccolo}. See {Piccolo}.

4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.