flutter
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to move lightly and quickly; to make something move in this way (使)飘动,挥动,颤动 Flags fluttered in the breeze. 旗帜在微风中飘扬。 Her eyelids fluttered but did not open. 她的眼皮动了一下,但没有睁开眼。 - (figurative)
He felt his stomach flutter (= he felt nervous) when they called his name. 当他们喊他的名字时,他感到一阵紧张。 - flutter something
He fluttered his hands around wildly. 他拼命挥舞着双手。 She fluttered her eyelashes at him (= tried to attract him in order to persuade him to do something). 她向他眨眼睛。
Extra ExamplesThe first snowflakes fluttered down between the trees. 第一片雪花在树间飘落。 A silk scarf fluttered around her shoulders. 一条丝巾在她肩上飘动。 The bank note fluttered away in the breeze. 钞票在微风中飘散。
- [intransitive, transitive] flutter (something)
when a bird or an insect flutters its wings, or its wings flutter, the wings move lightly and quickly up and down (鸟或昆虫)拍(翅),振(翅),鼓(翼) - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a bird or an insect )鸟或昆虫 to fly somewhere moving the wings quickly and lightly 飞来飞去;翩翩飞舞 Extra ExamplesA bird fluttered to the ground. 一只鸟扑到地上。 The butterfly fluttered away. 蝴蝶飞走了。 A couple of little birds fluttered around in the garden. 几只小鸟在花园里飞舞。 The birds fluttered nervously in their cage. 那些鸟在笼子里不安地飞来飞去。
- [intransitive]
(of your heart, etc. )心脏等 to beat very quickly and not regularly 怦怦乱跳;扑腾
Word OriginOld English floterian, flotorian, a frequentative form related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’.