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单词 butterfly
释义
butterfly
(bʌtəʳflaɪ )
Word forms: butterflies
1. countable noun B1+
A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
2. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN]
Butterfly is a swimming stroke which you do on your front, kicking your legs and bringing your arms over your head together.
3. butterflies in your stomach phrase
If you have butterflies in your stomach or have butterflies, you are very nervous or excited about something. [informal]
An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.
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Idioms:
break a butterfly on a wheel [British]
to use far more force than is necessary to do something
They have had their ideology combed over, examined, misinterpreted and rewritten. Talk about breaking a butterfly on a wheel.
Collocations:
butterfly emerges
But when the butterfly emerges, it flies forth to radiate its beauty and gladden the hearts of us all.
Christianity Today
The adult butterfly emerges (ecloses) from this and expands its wings by pumping haemolymph into the wing veins.
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The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa after three to four weeks, still inside the ant nest.
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butterfly flies
A small white butterfly flies past.
Times, Sunday Times
A yellow butterfly flies among the pink blossoms that growing on the red branches.
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As she walks along, a real butterfly flies around her, and she passes blue cut-outs of different animals, such as horses and rabbits.
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The butterfly flies close to the ground.
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The butterfly flies nearly year round.
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butterfly flutters
Whales swim deep, a nightingale sings, a black butterfly flutters by.
The Sun
Some butterfly flutters are in the wind that could lead to the insurance company breaking itself up and turning its face firmly east.
Times, Sunday Times
When the butterfly flutters off the sign they think the lion escaped and go crazy all over the zoo and letting all the animals loose (including the real lion).
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butterfly garden
Take a seaside safari, visit the pop-up butterfly garden and learn how to create new green spaces in your area.
Times, Sunday Times
The park has a butterfly garden.
Houston Chronicle
The butterfly garden supplies food for caterpillars and many kinds of butterflies.
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The garden consists of over 50 herbs and spices, and also contains a butterfly garden and fruit orchard.
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They had to use a butterfly net to catch five each of the three butterflies listed at the front door of the butterfly garden.
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butterfly lands
The butterfly lands on his medical bag and afterward on his shirt before flying away.
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Some people say that when a butterfly lands on you it means good luck.
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While they are singing the song, a butterfly lands on the tree house and the house collapses.
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butterfly wing
The dining room in the other butterfly wing has another stone fireplace and more leaded windows, all with bronze hinges and handles.
Times, Sunday Times
Has he not heard of chaos theory, where the flap of a butterfly wing can affect the outcome of complex systems?
Times, Sunday Times
Butterfly wing patterns and colours have been altered by scientists who edited a 'painting gene' to change their appearance.
Times, Sunday Times
Effects of cautery on the butterfly wing eyespot foci are indicative of a long range signaling mechanism or morphogen gradient, both in its spacial and temporal aspects.
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Hope fluttered, like butterfly wings, out of lines and phrases.
Times, Sunday Times
rare butterfly
She's splashed out tens of thousands of pounds on two rare butterfly canvases by the pop artist for the living room.
The Sun
Very occasionally, like a rare butterfly, a new fact flitted into the room, surprising everyone.
Times, Sunday Times
He goes out of town, looking for a rare butterfly to add to his collection.
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Rare butterflies, otters and a porpoise were among the less common of the 42,500 sightings.
Times, Sunday Times
These rare butterflies can be seen in the glasshouse's new 'life-cycle' collection, which allows visitors to see them develop from giant caterpillars.
Times, Sunday Times
swim the butterfly
I hope they will gain confidence from being able to do something difficult, such as swimming the butterfly stroke or playing the cello, really well.
Times, Sunday Times
Coaches say his back barely gets wet when he swims the butterfly.
Times, Sunday Times
He swam the butterfly leg with the time of 52.80 seconds.
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He swam the butterfly leg for the medley relays.
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She swam the butterfly leg of the medley relay, capturing a bronze medal.
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tropical butterfly
At least 250 species of tropical butterfly will be released in the dome.
Times, Sunday Times
Even her tropical butterfly wardrobe works for her in this job.
Times, Sunday Times
There are 2,000 acres of parkland, a giant maze and tropical butterfly house - as well as the wonderful landscapes to marvel at.
The Sun
A tropical butterfly house has recently opened, too.
Times, Sunday Times
The rains from the storm and two previous hurricanes led to a large increase in tropical butterfly species across the area.
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Translations:
Chinese: 蝴蝶
Japanese: チョウ
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