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butterfly

['bʌtəflai]

n.蝴蝶, 蝶狀物,蝶泳 
vt.(烹飪時把魚肉等）切開攤平

例句與用法：

A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

幼蟲變為蛹，然後再變成蝴蝶。

He tried in vain to catch the butterfly on the flower.

他白費力氣想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。

A butterfly is flying up and down among the flowers.

有一隻蝴蝶正在花叢裡忽上忽下地飛著。

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.

[諺]小題大做; 殺雞焉用牛刀。

The ugly caterpillar will change into a beautiful butterfly.

醜陋的毛蟲會變成美麗的蝴蝶。

I think this worm is a larva of a butterfly.

我覺得這蟲子是蝴蝶的幼蟲。

It shows the metamorphosis of a larva into a butterfly.

它展示了從幼蟲變成蝴蝶的過程。

I don't like this young woman; she seems a social butterfly.

我不喜歡這個年輕女子，她像個交際花。

詞形變化：

動詞過去式: butterflied | 動詞過去分詞: butterflied | 動詞現在分詞: butterflying |動詞第三人稱單數: butterflies |

英文解釋:

名詞 butterfly:

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

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

同義詞：butterfly stroke

動詞 butterfly:

flutter like a butterfly

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

同義詞：chat up, flirt, dally, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

以上來源於大辭典