flit

英 [flɪt] 美[flɪt]
  • vi. 掠过;轻快地飞;移居
  • n. 轻快的飞行;搬家
  • n. (Flit)人名;(俄)弗利特

CET6+TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: flits;过去式: flitted;过去分词: flitted;现在分词: flitting;

助记提示


flit轻快地移动。
flutter飘动,振翅飞舞(双写t加-er,表示反复动作。
fleet快速的,敏捷的。

trip旅行。
traipse长途跋涉,令人疲惫的步行 。
难道是trip得快要死了才叫做traipse?
2. fleet => flit.

中文词源


flit 轻掠,掠过

来自PIE*pleu, 浮动,飘动,词源同fleet, float, pluvial. 或直接来自辅音丛bl, fl, 折腾,拍打,拟声词,词源同flap, flabby,flag.

英英释意


1. a sudden quick movement
2. a secret move (to avoid paying debts);
"they did a moonlight flit"

英文词源


flit
flit: see float
flit (v.)
c. 1200, flitten, flytten, flutten "convey, move (a thing) from one place to another, take, carry away," also intransitive, "go away, move, migrate," from Old Norse flytja "to remove, bring," from Proto-Germanic *flutjan- "to float," from extended form of PIE *pleu- "to flow" (see pluvial). Intransitive sense "move lightly and swiftly" is from early 15c.; from c. 1500 as "remove from one habitation to another" (originally Northern English and Scottish)
Theire desire ... is to goe to theire newe masters eyther on a Tewsday, or on a Thursday; for ... they say Munday flitte, Neaver sitte. [Henry Best, farming & account book, 1641]
Related: Flitted; flitting. As a noun, "a flitting, a removal," from 1835.

实用场景例句


I had to change schools every time my parents flitted.
我父母每次迁居,我都得换学校。

牛津词典

Butterflies flitted from flower to flower.
蝴蝶在花丛中飞来飞去。

牛津词典

He flits from one job to another.
他频繁跳槽。

牛津词典

A smile flitted across his face.
他脸上笑容一闪而过。

牛津词典

A thought flitted through my mind.
我脑海中掠过一个念头。

牛津词典

...the parrot that flits from tree to tree.
在树木间飞来飞去的鹦鹉

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was unable to prevent a look of interest from flitting across his features...
他脸上忍不住掠过一丝感兴趣的神色。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Images and memories of the evening flitted through her mind.
关于那个晚上的影像和记忆在她脑海中一一闪现。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity...
劳拉穿梭于纽约各处,一有机会就打车。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He spends his time flitting between Florence, Rome and Bologna.
他辗转于佛罗伦萨、罗马和博洛尼亚三地之间。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She flits from one dance partner to another...
她不断地换舞伴。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.
他往往会轻松自如地转换话题。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His eyes flit around and his hand shakes.
他的眼四下飘移,手发著抖.

期刊摘选

Melissa's parents, quiet in chairs, watched her flit about.
密里萨的父母, 静静地坐在椅子上, 看着她像只蝴蝶一样飞来飞去.

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Flit through thy chamber in and out.
从你的卧室飞进飞出.

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Now they tell me that first of the tenants are to flit tomorrow.
刚才他们告诉我,第一批的佃户们明天就得搬走.

辞典例句

One morning his creditors discovered he had done a moonlight flit and vanished.
一天早晨,他的债主们发现他已连夜逃走,不知去向.

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Her kisses flit in the air, but where are her lips?
熏风里飘飞着她的亲吻, 但是,她的樱唇在哪里 呢 ?

期刊摘选

Other gestures shift and change and flit, this is the ultimate and enduring revelation of personality.
其他姿态都可以是变动不定,了无痕迹的, 风格却是性格的最终极最经久的表露.

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Better rue sit than rue flit.
见异思迁,不如维持现状.

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Bats flit about in the twilight.
蝙蝠在暮色中四处飞翔.

辞典例句

The flit of the cat surprised everyone in the room.
那只猫一闪而过,把屋里的每个人都吓了一跳.

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The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird ( Edith Wharton )
她心思的流转就象鸟儿飞过一样无法捉摸 ( 伊迪丝华顿 )

期刊摘选

People flit constantly between technologies, yet never devote undivided attention to any of them, she observes.
她发现,人们总是漫不经心的在科技之间反复转换, 却永远不会倾心于其中一种.

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He turned round and saw a shadow flit by.
他一回头,只见有个黑影儿一晃而过.

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Birds flit about in the sky.
鸟在空中飞来飞去.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

His purple wings flit once across thy smile.
他紫色的翅膀掠过你的微笑.

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