| 词汇 | butterfly |
| 释义 | butterfly noun[ C ] uk /ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ/ us /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ.flaɪ/ butterflynoun[C] (INSECT)B1 a type of insect with large, often brightly coloured wings蝴蝶 Tomekbudujedomek/ Moment/GettyImages These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies.这些花朵都有着鲜艳的色彩以便能够吸引蝴蝶。 Some butterflies blend in with their surroundings so that it's difficult to see them.有些蝴蝶能和周围的环境融为一体，所以很难看见它们。 A butterfly alighted gently on the flower.一只蝴蝶轻轻落在那朵花上。 a butterfly net捕蝶网 Insect names anopheles ant aphid beastie bedbug deathwatch beetle dragonfly dust mite earwig earworm house dust mite housefly insect jigger ladybird scarab silverfish sow bug spider mite stick insect butterflynoun[C] (PERSON)disapproving a person who is not responsible or serious, and who is likely to change activities easily or only be interested in pleasure: 轻浮多变的人；追求享乐的人 social butterfly She's such a social butterfly.她可真是个交际花。 Changing frequently capricious capriciously capriciousness changeable changeful inconsistency inconsistent inconsistently inconstant inconstantly patchiness patchy ping-pong protean raggedly unpredictability unpredictable variability volatility yo-yoing butterflynoun[C] (JEWELLERY)the small metal part put on the back of an earring (= a piece of jewellery worn in the ear) that keeps it in place Fruit_Cocktail/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Jewelry ankle bracelet antihelix antitragus auricle bangle barbell be dripping with somethingidiom bejewelled brooch charm crown jewels cultured pearl diamanté engagement ring gem jewellery box medallion rhinestone tiepin treasure butterflynoun[C] (SWIMMING)[ S or U ](alsothe butterfly, butterfly stroke) a way of swimming on your front by kicking with your legs while raising your arms together out of the water and then bringing them down in front of you 蝶泳 Stephen Frink/The Image Bank/GettyImages Swimming anchor anchorman aquatics back dive backstroke bathing bellyflop cannonball dip dive pearl diver pike skin diving skin-diver skinny-dipping splash pad splash park swallow dive swan dive webbed Idiomhave butterflies (in your stomach) butterfly verb[ T ] uk /ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ/ us /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ.flaɪ/ to make a long cut through the middle of a piece of food, usually meat, and open it up into a wide, flat shape: Use a sharp knife to butterfly the prawns. Open up the butterflied chicken and spread a thin layer of pesto over it. To get more surface area for the sauce, I like to butterfly my chicken breasts. We butterflied both steaks and seasoned them with salt. A nice way to cook your mackerel is to butterfly them like kippers. Preparing food batch cooking biga bind breadmaking butter buttered clarify glaze glazed grate ingredient jerk rehydrate restuff rice rustle something up scoby toss whip zap butterfly adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ/ us /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ.flaɪ/ (of a piece of food) cut along the middle and opened up into a wide, flat shape: Platters of butterfly shrimp are served with lemon wedges. Pound the butterfly chop with a meat mallet. shaped like a butterfly, or opening in a way similar to a butterfly's wings: On the desk was a stack of papers bound with a butterfly clip. The butterfly doors make getting in and out of the car a breeze. butterfly | American Dictionarybutterfly noun[ C ] us/ˈbʌt̬·ərˌflɑɪ/ a type of flying insect with four large, often brightly colored wings Idiombutterflies in your stomach Examples of butterflybutterfly Even butterflies take note of being captured at a certain location and when subsequently released, avoid the area for some while after. We can learn from the orchids and the butterflies, just as we can consider the forest enveloping them. In certain families of butterflies the fore legs are so much reduced that there are only two pairs of functional legs. Here only the chromatic descent will be discerned: the darkness has finally made the outline of the butterflies that cause it invisible. Also, more butterflies were counted in 1997/98 than 1998/99. Marked butterflies seen subsequent to their initial capture were not re-caught, but their presence and location was noted. At least in 1998, the exit of butterflies from overwintering sites was relatively sudden and coincided with the first spring rainfall event. In order to sample butterflies, 20 fruit-baited traps were set up along a 2-km transect in each of the ten study sites. He prepared the butterflies and moths himself and filed them in his large collection. At the end of each sampling session, all butterflies caught in the traps were identified, counted and released. Values were positive if an island had more butterflies. Additional motifs in these scenes include celestial bodies, birds, butterflies and rather more enigmatic elements such as eyes 'floating' in the air. Usually they are quite different in form, just as land-based caterpillars are quite different from adult butterflies. In the poem swarms of monstrous black butterflies are used as a metaphor for the falling of darkness. Blowflies winter also as maggots or pupae in carcasses; butterflies and moths probably winter only as larvae or pupae. See all examples of butterfly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withbutterflybutterflyThese are words often used in combination with butterfly. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. blue butterfly If the downland suitable for the large bluebutterfly had not disappeared so comprehensively, that butterfly could still be with us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 butterfly wing Concerted evolution and developmental integration in modular butterflywing patterns. monarch butterfly The general objective of this paper is to estimate the economic performance of the monarch butterfly sanctuary under different potential management strategies. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with butterfly |
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