butterfly
- n.蝴蝶;蝶泳
- v.切开摊平
复数： butterflies 过去式： butterflied 现在分词： butterflying 过去分词： butterflied 第三人称单数： butterflies
butter 黄油 + fly 昆虫
butterflynoun
蝴蝶
a flying insect with a long thin body and four large, usually brightly coloured, wings
butterflies and moths
蝴蝶和蛾
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
She was third in the 200m butterfly (= a swimming race) .
她获得200米蝶泳比赛的第三名。
to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing sth
butterfly
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N-COUNT 蝴蝶
A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. -
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N-UNCOUNT 蝶泳
Butterfly is a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, kicking your legs and bringing your arms over your head together. -
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PHRASE 情绪紧张；心慌意乱；忐忑不安
If you have butterflies in your stomach or have butterflies, you are very nervous or excited about something.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。
noun
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- 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
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- diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
verb
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- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
- Synonym: chat up flirt dally coquet coquette romance philander mash
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- cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
- butterflied shrimp
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- flutter like a butterfly
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The butterfly fluttered from flower to flower .
蝴蝶在花丛中飞来飞去。
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The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly .
毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。
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Butterfly is the only stroke I can 't do .
只有蝶泳我不会。
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She was third in the 200m butterfly .
她获得200米蝶泳比赛的第三名。
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Caterpillars change into butterflies .
毛虫变成蝴蝶。
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Butterflies flitted from flower to flower .
蝴蝶在花丛中飞来飞去。
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My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers .
我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。
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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。
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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。
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Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn .
大多数蝴蝶会在秋天的第一场霜冻来临时纷纷死去。
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Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers
美丽的蝴蝶在野花上方飞舞。
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She wore butterfly glasses and had a beehive hairdo .
她戴着一副蝶形眼镜，顶着一头蜂窝式发型。
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Keep silent , or the butterfly will fly away .
别出声，要不然蝴蝶该飞走了。
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I don 't like that young lady ; she 's too much of a social butterfly .
我不喜欢那个年轻女子，她是个十足的交际花。
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Two boys were chasing butterflies in a beautiful meadow .
两个小男孩在美丽的草地上追逐蝴蝶。
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He netted a lot of butterflies .
他网了许多蝴蝶。
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The butterfly is a kind of water sport .
蝶式游泳是一种水上运动。
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Do you think butterfly is a type of insect ?
你认为蝴蝶是一种昆虫吗？
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Mary tried to catch the butterfly , but it got away from her .
玛丽想捉住那只蝴蝶，它却飞走了。
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The butterfly 's eye is rather curious .
蝴蝶的眼睛很奇妙。
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There are some butterfly specimens in the museum .
那家博物馆里有一些蝴蝶标本。
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A caterpillar changed into a butterfly .
毛虫变成了蝴蝶。
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Butterflies are fluttering among the flowers .
蝴蝶在花丛中翩翩飞舞。
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A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly .
毛虫是蝴蝶的幼体。
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She is a butterfly .
她是一个轻浮的人。
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A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly .
幼虫变为蛹，然后再变成蝴蝶。
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Binding styles of Chinese ancient books mainly include bamboo or wooden slips , scroll , concertina binding , chinese path binding , butterfly binding , back-wrapped binding , thread binding and others .
中国古代书籍的装帧形式主要有简策、卷轴装、经折装、梵夹装、蝴蝶装、包背装、线装等。
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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。
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Merian started raising insects at home , mostly butterflies and caterpillars .
梅里安开始在家里养昆虫，主要是蝴蝶和毛毛虫。
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Not every caterpillar and butterfly matched .
毛毛虫和蝴蝶不能一一对应。
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