intr. †To make a fan-like movement; to flap. †Of a bird: To flutter. Of the wind: To blow. Now rare.
| 单词 | θ106184 |
| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] > flap or beat up and down (7) fanc1400 intr. †To make a fan-like movement; to flap. †Of a bird: To flutter. Of the wind: To blow. Now rare. swapa1529 To flap or beat up and down: also with it. wavea1530 To move to and fro or up and down regularly or rhythmically. intransitive. To move the wings up and down in or as in flight. Said also of the wings… flap1692 absol. and intransitive. To beat the wings; to make movements like the beating of wings. Also of wings: To move up and down, beat. winnow1852 In various transferred uses (cf. Latin ventilare and fan, v. 2–5). †To brandish or flourish (obsolete); to beat (the air) with or as with wings… flail1874 intransitive. To move in the manner of a flail. Also figurative. flip-flop1924 (intransitive) to go, proceed, act, etc., with a flapping sound; also transitive, to turn (something) over. |
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