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词汇 flit
释义 flit
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /flɪt/ us /flɪt/-tt-
to fly or move quickly and lightly: 轻快地飞(或移动)
flit around/aboutIn the fading light we saw bats flitting around/about in the garden.天色渐暗时,我们看到蝙蝠在花园里飞来飞去。
flit from something to somethingfigurativeShe's always flitting from one thing to another (= changing her activities).她总是一会儿做这个,一会儿做那个。
to appear or exist suddenly and for a short time in someone's mind or on their face: (在脑海或脸上)闪现,闪过
A ghost of a smile flitted across his face.他脸上闪过一丝微笑。
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Moving quickly
Appearing & disappearing
Thinking and contemplating
flit
noun[ S ]
UKuk /flɪt/ us /flɪt/
a sudden or quick escape or journey somewhere:
If the court ruled against him, his plan was to do a flit to Spain.
The flat had been vacated by a tenant who did a flit without paying his bills.
I didn't think it was worth buying new luggage for just a quick flit to Europe.
After a brief flit through the key swing state of Ohio, he flew to New York where he met a group of the city's firemen.

flit | American Dictionary


flit
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/flɪt/-tt-
to fly or move quickly and lightly:
Bees flitted from flower to flower in the garden.

Examples of flit


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By the time that he had found out that he was wrong, the weaver had flitted.
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Others have flitted in and out in a rather spectral manner.
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In the course of her opening speech my noble friend flitted over one tiny point.
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The younger generation thinks nothing of flitting around the globe.
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The traders will be able to come and go as they please, even to do moonlight flits.
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The summer is flitting by, and so many local authorities have not yet taken any effective action.
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In the case of people "flitting" without paying rent, it would be better.
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We have a flitting personnel of five persons who, for one reason or another, are to be the nominal heads of certain organisations.
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I am not about to call for the restoration of national service, although there are times when it has flitted across my mind.
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There is a series of circumstances where the occupier may have flitted.
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The problem of the flitting tenant leaving premises is one which landlords have to face now.
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We are here dealing with the landlord who goes into a house to see whether the tenant is still there or has flitted.
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Are the same facilities to be enjoyed by the rogue who flits from affair to affair?
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He flits in and makes his inflammatory speech, and before anyone can reply he walks out.
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He flitted in, gave vent to all sorts of sentiments, and flitted out again.
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