英语词汇“flutter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

flutterflutter1 /ˈflʌt̮ɚ/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYflutter¹

Origin: Old English floterian

VERB TABLE

flutter

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	flutter
	he, she, it	flutters
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fluttered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fluttered
	he, she, it	has fluttered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fluttered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will flutter
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fluttered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fluttering
	he, she, it	is fluttering
	you, we, they	are fluttering
Past	I, he, she, it	was fluttering
	you, we, they	were fluttering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fluttering
	he, she, it	has been fluttering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fluttering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fluttering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fluttering

1[intransitive, transitive] if a bird or insect flutters its wings or if its wings flutter, its wings move quickly and lightly up and down: Butterflies fluttered from flower to flower.2[intransitive] to wave or move gently in the air: Flags from a hundred nations fluttered in the breeze.3[intransitive, transitive] if your stomach or your heart flutters, you feel very excited or nervous4if your heart flutters, it beats in a rapid or irregular way5flutter your eyelashes (at somebody) if a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she uses her sexual attractiveness to influence him

verb | noun

flutterflutter2 noun

COLLOCATIONS► in a flutter of

Laurie was in a flutter of excitement at the idea of a party.

1[countable usually singular] a fluttering movement: a flutter of wings2[singular] the state of being nervous, confused, or excited: Laurie was in a flutter of excitement at the idea of a party.3[countable] medicine an irregular heart beat4[uncountable] technical a shaking movement that stops a machine from working correctly