| 单词 | flutter |
| 释义 | flutter (once / 330 pages) 1vn 2n Flutter means to move back and forth rapidly. Flags flutter in the wind. Leaves flutter to the ground. Flutter also exists as a noun—you might feel a flutter in your heart when you're excited. To remember flutter, think of the children's rhyme, "See the butterfly flutter by." Flutter is often paired with "flit," to describe the way that birds and insects fly––they flit and flutter. It can also be used to describe indecision—someone who can't make up their mind might flutter between two choices. WORD FAMILYflutter: fluttered, fluttering, flutters+/fluttering: flutterings USAGE EXAMPLESHis doves, Divinity and Majesty, flutter in an ornate white cage on the viewing balcony above. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Its flags flutter over the checkpoints along the newly liberated rural roads and at the military bases closest to the front lines. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Boyd explains that his pursuit of Nabokov involved “wielding a variety of nets, in different seasons and terrains, panting with effort while he flutters free.” Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1v flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements The seagulls fluttered overhead Hyper beat, flap move with a thrashing motion 2v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart Syn|Hypo|Hyper dart, fleet, flit butterfly flutter like a butterfly hurry, speed, travel rapidly, zip move very fast 3v move back and forth very rapidly Syn|Hyper flicker, flitter, quiver, waver move back and forth move in one direction and then into the opposite direction 4v beat rapidly Syn|Hyper palpitate palpitate cause to throb or beat rapidly beat, pound, thump move rhythmically 5v wink briefly Syn|Hyper bat blink, nictate, nictitate, wink briefly shut the eyes 6n the motion made by flapping up and down Syn|Hyper flap, flapping, fluttering undulation, wave (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth 7n the act of moving back and forth Syn|Hyper flicker, waver motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 8n abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block 2Hyper arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart n a disorderly outburst or tumult Syn|Hypo|Hyper commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do convulsion, turmoil, upheaval a violent disturbance earthquakea disturbance that is extremely disruptive incidenta public disturbance splash, stira prominent or sensational but short-lived news event storm, tempesta violent commotion or disturbance storm center, storm centrea center of trouble or disturbance garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproara state of commotion and noise and confusion combustiona state of violent disturbance and excitement disorder a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
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