| 单词 | butterfly-catching |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly-catching b. Objective, parasynthetic, and instrumental, as butterfly-brained, butterfly-catching, butterfly-hunting, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > hunting or catching insects butterfly-catching1796 butterfly-hunting1796 bee-hunting1824 mothing1826 bee-hunt1835 wasp-nesting1872 bug chasing1875 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe I. lii. 265 A German baron, whose penchant for butterfly-hunting was extraordinary. 1838 Morning Chron. 19 Apr. The predicament in which our pair of ‘butterfly-brained’ baronets stand. 1881 J. Payn Grape from Thorn I. ii. 29 His only exercise (he was an entomologist) being butterfly-catching. 1881 G. Allen Vignettes from Nature iv. 31 The date when flower-hunting and butterfly-hunting both begin. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 54/1 (caption) Butterfly-collecting is fun since wild flowers attract them plentifully. 1961 Times 6 Dec. 17/3 The butterfly-brained society hostess. 1990 Field Jan. 79 Buddleia Corner—a bee-busy, butterfly-haunted place kept warm by sheltering hedges. 2002 Independent 26 Sept. (Review section) 21/4 This is further proof that BBC1's science programmes have been comprehensively cabled, capitulating to the butterfly-minded style of Bravo and the Discovery channel. 2002 D. Monkman Nature's Year in Kawarthas vi. 141 Butterfly-watching is at its most productive in late June and early July since the greatest number of different species is aflight at this time. < as lemmas |
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