单词 | flitter |
释义 | flittern.1 One who or that which flits. a. One who changes his dwelling. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > one who changes dwelling flittera1555 a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 323 If we be flitters and not dwellers (as was Loth a flitter from Segor). b. A fleeting thing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being shadowa1272 breathc1275 cloudc1384 cherry-fair1393 transitorya1500 fume1531 forwhilea1557 flitter1623 ephemeran1643 daysman1658 transient1660 fugitive1683 transiency1728 ephemera1751 ephemeron1771 perishable1822 toadstool1823 evanescence1830 a sometime thing1935 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. xiii. 203 Such..were admonished to make themselues much fairer by the goods of the soule; because those of the body were but flitters [Fr. ceux du Corps ne sont que passagers]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flittern.2 A flittering motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > fluttering or flickering > a fluttering or flickering movement flutter1641 waver1826 flicker1857 flit1873 flitter1892 1892 Daily News 17 May 5/5 The flitter of crows. Compounds flitter-winged adj. having wings that flutter; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > light poem > [adjective] flitter-winged1820 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins > that flutter flitter-winged1820 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 26 The flitter-winged verse must tell, For truth's sake, what woe afterwards befel. 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 74 Wheel'd at will The flitter-winged bat round lonely towers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flittern.3 ‘A minute square of thin metal, used in decoration; collectively, a quantity of such squares’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 18.. Beck's Jrnl. Dec. Art 2 40 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) Strong and brilliant colors are freely used, together with gilt flitter, in the representation of flowering plants, fountains, and other devices [for window-shades]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flitterv. 1. a. intransitive. Of birds, etc.: To flit about, to fly with low or short flights; to flutter. Also with by. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly flusha1300 soarc1384 fly1480 flitter1483 flit1535 fleck1567 flirt1582 wagtail1606 waft1682 to take to wing1693 flaffer17.. to take (its, etc.) wing1807 skirl1859 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker flatterc1425 flitter1483 flickera1500 flutter1561 play1590 swattera1666 whiff1686 feather1770 whiffle1817 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter flickerc1000 flackerc1400 flitter1483 quitter1513 flack1567 fleck1567 flusker1660 flaffer17.. flit1700 skimmer1824 flutter1853 volitate1866 flurry1883 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. G.iiiiv Euer when she rested had aboute she flyttered styll. 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 153 Their sight is so sharpe and pearcing, that flittering ouer the sea..they see the fish through the water. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 230 To mark the quick bat flitter by. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flutter or flicker > of a person: ineffectually flitter1598 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 201 He began to flitter with his handes, in steede of winges..and fell downe head-long to the ground. a. Of a person: To shift about in mind; to waver. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > waver flecchec1300 waverc1315 remue1340 shake1340 flitc1386 flow1434 falter1521 flitter1543 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 rove1549 float1598 jarga1614 give ground1662 weaken1876 unbend1877 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] flitc1386 waivec1425 flitter1543 to play fast and loose1557 range1557 vary1557 halve1566 to blow hot and cold1577 flirt1578 laveer1598 to weathercock it1654 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. A.vv Many there be so vnconstant of mynde, that flytter and turne with euery wynde. b. Of a flower: To fade, wither. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)] falloweOE welka1300 starvec1400 witherc1400 dote?1440 wizena1450 mortifyc1475 vade1492 shrinkc1572 flitter1577 windle1579 shirpc1639 welter1645 welt1854 sickly1882 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 53 The sunne..would cause them [floures] to welke or flitter. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Flitter, to hang or droop. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered in particles flitter1548 scatter1577 shatter1577 pepper1857 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > undergo separation into constituents [verb (intransitive)] > cease to cohere > disintegrate flitter1548 to fall apart1761 disintegrate1817 1548 R. Record Vrinal of Physick (new ed.) v. 18 Unequal [substance of urine] is..when it is thynner in one parte then in another, or flyttered out. 1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) v. iv Than the dragon..smote the bore al to powder both flesh and bones that it flyttered all abrode on the sea. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 5 Cabbans, where seas doo flitter in arches. 1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 15 Bottle,..bounces, foams, and froths, and flitters. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 126 Others flitter'd as 'twere, or flown all to pieces. a1677 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. 80 A sooty matter, which flitters into dust as soon as touched. 4. transitive. To make to flit; to move rapidly backwards and forwards; to shuffle (cards). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > cause to flutter or flicker waverc1425 wear?a1505 flutter1621 flitter1864 wink1883 flicker1903 zither1930 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > deal, shuffle, or cut cutc1555 deal1560 rob1575 shuffle1589 fuzz1753 pass1859 flitter1864 split1866 ruffle1872 make1876 trey1888 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 243 As a skilful juggler flitters the cards before you. 1893 R. Le Gallienne in Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 2/3 Many a silly thing That..perks his tiny tail..And flitters little wing. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions scattereda1425 forscattered1430 sparpled1432 skailed1488 dispersed1526 disparkled1529 severed1581 flittered1582 sparsed1585 discattered1595 disjected1647 squandered1647 dissipateda1711 dissipate1715 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Neauer dooth she laboure to reuoke her flittered issue. ˈflittering adj. flitting about, fluttering; trembling; †shifting, unstable, fleeting. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > fluttering or flickering flutteryc1386 ventilous1484 wavering1488 flaffinga1522 flittering1549 flackering1567 flickeringa1586 fluttering1590 whiffling1765 fluttered1773 aflicker1842 flickery1893 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > shuddering with fear daring1333 quiveringa1547 shivering1577 shuddering1600 intrembled1628 trepid1650 horrent1721 trepidatinga1774 horrescent1865 flittering1867 trepidatory1881 trepidant1891 tremorful1901 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cii. (1566) 250 The dayes wherin I passe my life are lyke the flittering shade. a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 59 These beginnings of grace..must not be flittering and fleeting, but constant and setled. 1637 J. Milton Comus 8 Thou flittering Angel girt with golden wings. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 270 Which..lightly pressed..becomes flittering dust. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 329 When the lark..mounts and sings on flittering wings. 1867 A. Sartoris Week in Fr. Country-house 29 The poor flittering little nun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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