| 单词 | butterfly net |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly net butterfly net n. a hand-held net with a fine mesh and a long handle, used to catch butterflies; also figurative, esp. denoting such a net fancifully imagined as being used to catch a person and escort them to a psychiatric hospital. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > equipment for collecting or preserving > of butterflies fly-net1737 butterfly net1806 1806 J. Sowerby Brit. Misc. I. 95 Perhaps a butterfly-net might be used with success about banks where we observe many burrows of insects. 1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 25 July in More Lett. (1935) 278 Edmund and Wilmot amused themselves with their butterfly nets. 1939 T. S. Eliot Family Reunion ii. i. 77 The day I lost my butterfly net. 1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 88 You can pray that the man with the butterfly net catches up to that kid before he does permanent damage. 1998 Time 19 Jan. 30/1 Another chaotic week ends, leaving Miamians to wonder how long before the white-suited men with butterfly nets come to take the mayor away. 2017 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Mar. t16 If I find a fly in the house, I catch it in a butterfly net and set it free. < as lemmas |
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