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butterfly

英 ['bʌtəflaɪ] 美['bʌtɚflaɪ]

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n. 蝴蝶；蝶泳；举止轻浮的人；追求享乐的人

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低频词常用词汇昆虫

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复数: butterflies;

中文词源

butterfly 蝴蝶

butter, 黄油。fly, 昆虫。形容蝴蝶黄油色的翅膀。

英英释意

1. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

2. a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

英文词源

butterfly: butterfly: [OE] A number of theories have been put forward as to how the butterfly got its name. Perhaps the most generally accepted is that it is a reflection of a once-held notion that butterflies land on and consume butter or milk left uncovered in kitchen or dairy (an idea perhaps supported by the German name for the ‘butterfly’, milchdieb, literally ‘milk-thief’). Other suggestions are that the word is a reference to the yellow wings of certain species of the insect, or to the colour of butterflies’ excrement.
butterfly (n.): Old English buttorfleoge, evidently butter (n.) + fly (n.), but of obscure signification. Perhaps based on the old notion that the insects (or witches disguised as butterflies) consume butter or milk that is left uncovered. Or, less creatively, simply because the pale yellow color of many species' wings suggests the color of butter. Another theory connects it to the color of the insect's excrement, based on Dutch cognate boterschijte. An overview of words for "butterfly" in various languages can be found here. Also see papillon.

Applied to persons from c. 1600, originally in reference to vain and gaudy attire; by 1806 in reference to transformation from early lowly state; in reference to flitting tendencies by 1873. The swimming stroke so called from 1936. Butterflies "light stomach spasms caused by anxiety" is from 1908.
The butterfly effect is a deceptively simple insight extracted from a complex modern field. As a low-profile assistant professor in MIT's department of meteorology in 1961, [Edward] Lorenz created an early computer program to simulate weather. One day he changed one of a dozen numbers representing atmospheric conditions, from .506127 to .506. That tiny alteration utterly transformed his long-term forecast, a point Lorenz amplified in his 1972 paper, "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?" [Peter Dizikes, "The Meaning of the Butterfly," The Boston Globe, June 8, 2008]

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The question is often asked whether every butterfly makes the round trip journey every year.

What is the unique about the monarch butterfly according to the speaker

Where does the butterfly settle at the end of the migration?

Environmental impacts on monarch butterfly life

What makes monarch butterflies particularly interesting is they migrate, all the way to California or Mexico in back.

The butterflies are so numerous that they often cover the entire trees

Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states.

Evolution of monarch butterflies

Living habits of monarch butterflies.

Migration patterns of monarch butterflies

She made other mistakes in Metamorphasis Insectorum Surinamensium as well: not every caterpillar and butterfly matched.

Olduvai Gorge, an early hominid site in Tanzania, was found by a butterfly hunter who literally fell into its deep valley in 1911.

实用场景例句

butterflies and moths: 蝴蝶和蛾

She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.: 她像一只蝴蝶，在人们的生活中穿梭。

She was third in the 200m butterfly (= a swimming race) .: 她获得200米蝶泳比赛的第三名。

An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach.: 一场考试，甚至是一次令人兴奋的社会活动，都有可能让人心里发慌。

Elements of the butterfly include pull, breath, recovery, entry and dolphin kick.: 蝶泳的泳姿动作要领包括:划水、呼吸、移臂、入水和海豚式打水.

She is a butterfly.: 她是一个轻浮的人.

The caterpillar was transformed into a butterfly.: 毛毛虫变成了蝴蝶.

I like the butterfly orchid, Phalaenopsis like tenacious and selfless dedication.: 我喜欢蝴蝶兰, 喜欢蝴蝶兰的顽强和无私奉献的精神.

On option market the gain of butterfly spread investor is random.: 期权市场蝶状价差的投资者获益具有随机性.

A butterfly emerged in its full splendour a week later.: 一周后蝴蝶破茧而出,绚丽夺目.

A butterfly is flying over there.: 那儿蝴蝶飞舞.

The movements of check valve located at Valve valve seal on the Butterfly valve seat surface.: 升降式止回阀的阀瓣座落位于阀体上阀座密封面上.

The butterfly is a kind of water sport.: 蝶式游泳是一种水上运动.

A butterfly must not be confused with a moth.: 不得将蝴蝶和飞蛾混同起来.

The start in freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and individual medley races shall be with a dive.: 自由游、蛙游、蝶游和个人混合游的出发方式是跳入水中出发.

Do you think butterfly is a type of insect?: 你认为蝴蝶是一种昆虫吗 ?

Butterfly card: Table Tennis board series.: 蝴蝶牌: 乒乓板系列.

The Butterfly Effect is the reason.: 原因是蝴蝶效应.

Butterfly, butterfly, you are like the love, why?: 蝴蝶, 蝴蝶, 为什么蝴蝶您就像爱情?

The butterfly stroke had not accepted as a formal event until 1958.: 蝶泳被列入正式比赛项目是在1958年.

The butterfly emerged from the pupa.: 蝴蝶由蛹孵化而出.

A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.: 幼虫变为蛹,然後再变成蝴蝶.

The butterfly quivers its wings.: 蝴蝶抖动翅膀.

The caterpillar has metamorphosed into a butterfly.: 蝎已变成蝴蝶.

To spare no effort on the job would be to break a butterfly on the wheel.: 倾尽全力去做这件事简直是小题大做.

A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.: 蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的.

The butterfly is an example of symmetry.: 蝴蝶是结构完全对称的一个例子.

She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.: 她像一只蝴蝶，每天在人前人后飞来飞去。

the life cycle of the butterfly: 蝴蝶的生活周期

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