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单词 fipple
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fip•ple  (fipəl),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]
  1. Music and Dancea plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows.
  • 1620–30; perh. special use of dialect, dialectal fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; compare Old Norse flipi lower lip of a horse, Norwegian flipe flap, lappet. See flip1, flap, flabby

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fipple /ˈfɪpəl/ n
  1. a wooden plug forming a flue in the end of a pipe, as the mouthpiece of a recorder
  2. a similar device in an organ pipe with a flutelike tone
Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin
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