flut.ter
flutter的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈflʌtə]
KK音标发音： [ˈflʌtɚ]
flutter的词性：
v.（动词）
flutter的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）
1. To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner:
挥动：不规则地波动或快速拍动：
curtains that fluttered in the breeze.
在微风中飘动的窗帘
2. To fly by a quick, light flapping of the wings.
翩然地飞：轻快拍翅地飞行
3. To flap the wings without flying.
鼓翅：不飞而拍翅
4. To move or fall in a manner suggestive of tremulous flight:
拍动，飞舞：暗指以震颤飞翔的方式移动或坠落：
“Her arms rose, fell, and fluttered with the rhythm of the song”(Evelyn Waugh)
“她的手臂升起、落下并随着歌曲的节奏震动”(伊夫琳·沃)
5. To vibrate or beat rapidly or erratically:
急跳，颤动：快速或不稳定地震颤或拍打：
My heart fluttered wildly.
我的心猛烈地跳动着
6. To move quickly in a nervous, restless, or excited fashion; flit.
急躁不安地动：紧张、不安或激动地快速移动；掠过
flutter的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）
7. To cause to flutter:
使挥动：
“fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings”(Margaret Mitchell)
“如蝴蝶翅膀一般忽闪着她浓密的睫毛”(玛格丽特·米切尔)
flutter的词性：
n.（名词）
8. The act of fluttering.
挥动，翩然起飞：鼓翅的行为
9. A condition of nervous excitement or agitation:
心绪不宁：紧张激动或骚动的状态：
Everyone was in a flutter over the news that the director was resigning.
局长辞职的消息使每个人都极为不安
10. A commotion; a stir.
骚动，混乱：一场叛乱；一阵骚动
11. Pathology Abnormally rapid pulsation, especially of the atria or ventricles of the heart.
【病理学】 反常的急速脉动：尤指心房或心室不正常的快速搏动
12. Rapid fluctuation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.
干扰声：在声音被重播时由于声速的变化而使磁带中重播器产生快速震颤而失真
13. Chiefly British A small bet; a gamble:
【多用于英国】 小赌注，赌博：一个小赌注；一次赌博：
“If they like a flutter, Rick will get them better odds than the bookies”(John le Carré)
“如果他们喜欢冒点风险，瑞克将会提供他们比赌马业者更大的胜算”(约翰·勒·卡里)
flutter的词源：
14. Middle English floteren
中古英语 floteren
15. from Old English floterian * see pleu-
源自 古英语 floterian *参见 pleu-
flutter的词性：
n.（名词）
flutter的词性：
adj.（形容词）
flutter， flicker， flit， flitter， hover
16. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight”:
该词的中心意思是“如鸟飞行一般快速、轻巧或不规则地移动”：
children fluttering around a birthday cake;
围着生日蛋糕蹦跳雀跃的孩子们；
flames that flickered in the night;
黑夜中闪烁的火光；
guests flitting from table to table;
在酒席各个桌子之间穿来穿去的客人；
sunlight flittering over the ocean;
在海面上闪烁的点点阳光；
admirers hovering around a celebrity.
围着名人的一群崇拜者