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词汇 fluttering
释义 fluttering
present participle offlutter
flutter
verb
uk /ˈflʌt.ər/ us /ˈflʌt̬.ɚ/

flutterverb (MOVE)


[ I or T ]
to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this: (使)飘动,挥动,颤动;拍(翅);鼓(翼)
Brightly coloured flags were fluttering in the breeze.鲜艳的彩旗在微风中飘扬。
flutter downLeaves fluttered down onto the path.树叶飘落到小径上。
flutter aboutButterflies fluttered about in the sunshine.蝴蝶在阳光下翩翩飞舞。
A white bird poised on a wire and fluttered its wings.一只白鸟立在电线上,扑打着翅膀。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shaking, swinging and vibrating
brandish
earth-shaking
flappy
flourish
fluff
fluff something up
reverberation
reverberative
ripple
rock-a-bye
shake out
shakily
shiver
sway
thrash
trembly
tremulously
vibrate
vibration
vibratory

flutterverb (HEART/STOMACH)


[ I ]
If your heart or stomach flutters, you feel slightly uncomfortable because you are excited or nervous: (心)怦怦乱跳;(胃)颤动
Every time I think about my exams my stomach flutters!每次一想到考试,我心里就不舒服!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shaking, swinging and vibrating
brandish
earth-shaking
flappy
flourish
fluff
fluff something up
reverberation
reverberative
ripple
rock-a-bye
shake out
shakily
shiver
sway
thrash
trembly
tremulously
vibrate
vibration
vibratory

Idioms


flutter your eyelashes
make someone's heart flutter

Examples of fluttering


fluttering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Superimposed in three tracks or layers, the continuing pitches create a world of rich, vibrating, fluttering sounds.
Around this ground element, one hears percussive gestures, staccato sounds, patterns of repeated sounds, high vibratos or fluttering sounds, glottal stops and multiphonics.
It begins with alternating strands of quiet contemplative and lively dance-like music and then, after a fluttering settling section, closes with serene slow music.
The configurations of the grid fluttering in the wind propose a fluid alternative to the picture plane.
He would freewheel about the stage, waving his hands and fluttering his fingers.
The latter are completely cut loose from a techno foundation, following instead the fluttering rhythms of seemingly randomised bursts of static interlaced with staccato sine tones.
I admit that our approach in clause 6 is rather novel and will, no doubt, cause a fair amount of fluttering in the legal dovecotes.
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I understand that this proposal has caused some flutterings in certain quarters, but we have been through this sort of thing before.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There was a little fluttering in the dovecotes and some rearrangements of business, because executive sessions were to remain secret.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They are opportunists, fluttering from issue to issue and alighting like flies on garbage heaps.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
But are we to ignore altogether these few faint fluttering gestures towards a greater liberalism?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
How melancholy it is to see in the autumn these forms fluttering over an admission tutor's desk.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
A very excited old lady went to the manager's office, and said she was certain that the ducks were doped because they were not fluttering about in the water.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That may cause some fluttering in the dovecotes, but industry will increasingly find it convenient to deal with its counterparts if it operates a single currency.
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Hansard archive

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From the start, engineers noticed that the wings were not strong enough to carry the outboard engines at cruising speed without warping and fluttering.
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Wikipedia

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