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Flutter V Wings Float Flʌtə V.拍翅 英 拍翅(Of

单词 flutter
音标 ['flʌtə]
解释 v.拍翅
红宝书 【英】 v. 拍翅(of the wings move lightly and quickly)
【例】 The wings of the bird still fluttered after it had been shot down.
字源 flutter (v.)
Old English floterian "to flutter, fly, flicker, float to and fro, be tossed by waves," frequentative of flotian "to float" (see float (v.)). Related: Fluttered; fluttering. As a noun from 1640s; meaning "state of excitement" is 1740s.
不择手段背单词 v. (不规则地快速)拍翅; (急躁不安地)快速移动 = flit
【记】flatter是拍马屁; flutter是拍翅膀
趣味全助记 【记】flatter 奉承,拍(马屁),都是拍;fly out + er 飞出去展双翅;看成butterfly flybutter,蝴蝶拍翅

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