butterfly

英 [ˈbʌtəflaɪ]

美 [ˈbʌtərflaɪ]

n.  蝴蝶; 蝶泳
v.  切开摊平

复数：butterflies　现在分词：butterflying　过去式：butterflied　第三人称单数：butterflies　过去分词：butterflied　

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Collins.2 / BNC.5314 / COCA.4923

习惯用语

n.

have butterflies (in your stomach)
• （做某事前）心慌，紧张
  to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing sth

牛津词典

noun

• 蝴蝶
  a flying insect with a long thin body and four large, usually brightly coloured, wings
  1. butterflies and moths
     蝴蝶和蛾
  2. She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.
     她像一只蝴蝶，每天在人前人后飞来飞去。
• 蝶泳
  a swimming stroke in which you swim on your front and lift both arms forward at the same time while your legs move up and down together
  1. She was third in the 200m butterfly (= a swimming race) .
     她获得200米蝶泳比赛的第三名。

柯林斯词典

• 蝴蝶
  Abutterflyis an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
• 蝶泳
  Butterflyis a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, kicking your legs and bringing your arms over your head together.
• PHRASE 情绪紧张；心慌意乱；忐忑不安
  If you havebutterflies inyourstomachor havebutterflies, you are very nervous or excited about something.
  1. An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.
     一场考试，甚至是一次令人兴奋的社会活动，都有可能让人心里发慌。

英英释义

noun

• a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
  Synonym:butterfly stroke
• diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

verb

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  1. The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
  2. My husband never flirts with other women
  Synonym:chat upflirtdallycoquetcoquetteromancephilandermash
• cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
  1. butterflied shrimp
• flutter like a butterfly

双语例句

• The gay colours of the male butterfly help to attract the female and the duller colours of the female make them less likely to be caught by enemies before they have laid their eggs.
  雄蝴蝶的鲜艳颜色有助于吸引雌蝴蝶，而雌蝴蝶的较暗淡的颜色可使它们在产卵之前不易被“敌人”捕获。
• A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.
  毛虫是蝴蝶的幼体。
• Do you think butterfly is a type of insect?
  你认为蝴蝶是一种昆虫吗？
• An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.
  一场考试，甚至是一次令人兴奋的社会活动，都有可能让人心里发慌。
• I know the Butterfly.
  我认识蝴蝶。
• Butterfly, rainbow and this is a palace.
  这是蝴蝶，这是彩虹，这是宫殿。
• I know you mean the leaf butterfly.
  我知道了，你说的是枯叶蝶吧。
• There are some butterfly specimens in the museum.
  那家博物馆里有一些蝴蝶标本。
• I'll make my joy like this small butterfly.
  我会和这小蝴蝶一样找寻快乐。
• It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing span
  这是一只非常美丽的蝴蝶，翼展2英寸。