Butterfly
['bʌtəflaɪ] or ['bʌtɚflaɪ]
解释:
(noun.) a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down.
(noun.) diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings.
(verb.) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; 'butterflied shrimp'.
(verb.) flutter like a butterfly.
整理:洛蒂--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
手打:威利
娱乐性解释：
To see a butterfly among flowers and green grasses, indicates prosperity and fair attainments. To see them flying about, denotes news from absent friends by letter, or from some one who has seen them. To a young woman, a happy love, culminating in a life union.
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例句:
- And besides, look at elder-flowers and bluebells--they are a sign that pure creation takes place--even the butterfly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I made it like those Beth invented, a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But no one probably will dispute that the butterfly is higher than the caterpillar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- No man could crush a butterfly on the wheel with better effect; no man better cover a speedy retreat from a powerful adversary. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I want our pet to like me, and be as gay as a butterfly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The weather now became warm and bright, bringing Caliphronas out of his cabin again, like a brilliant butterfly, to bask in the sunshine. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Flowers had developed concurrently with bees and butterflies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I allude to the wonderful manner in which certain butterflies imitate, as first described by Mr. Bates, other and quite distinct species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The butterflies are free. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Her father and mother were gone to a party, and the rest were all out with the butterflies. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- And what is true of men and butterflies is true of every sort of living thing, of plants as of animals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Altogether no less than ten genera are enumerated, which include species that imitate other butterflies. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Before sunset a strong breeze sprung up from the north, and this must have caused tens of thousands of the butterflies and other insects to perish. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Ursula rose and drifted away, unconscious like the butterflies. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- She was exactly the same as ever, and the same immortal butterflies hovered over her cap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- We see the same rule in the distribution of butterflies and beetles. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It is hard for us to see individuality in butterflies because we do not observe them very closely, but it is easy for us to see it in men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- After the Beagle sai led from the Plata, December 6, 1833, vast numbers of butterflies were seen as far as the eye could range in bands of countless m yriads. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
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