名詞 butterfly:

1. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
2. 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:

1. flutter like a butterfly
2. cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
   同義詞：chat up, flirt, dally, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

1. A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.
   幼蟲變?yōu)橛?，然後再變成蝴蝶?/div>
2. 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。
3. A butterfly is flying up and down among the flowers.
   有一只蝴蝶正在花叢里忽上忽下地飛著。
4. Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.
   [諺]小題大做; 殺雞焉用牛刀。
5. The ugly caterpillar will change into a beautiful butterfly.
   丑陋的毛蟲會變成美麗的蝴蝶。
6. I think this worm is a larva of a butterfly.
   我覺得這蟲子是蝴蝶的幼蟲。
7. It shows the metamorphosis of a larva into a butterfly.
   它展示了從幼蟲變成蝴蝶的過程。
8. I don't like this young woman; she seems a social butterfly.
   我不喜歡這個年輕女子，她象個交際花。

but.ter.fly

n.（名詞）
Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings.
蝴蝶：多種鱗翅目類昆蟲，特征為身體細長，觸須突出，有四個通常是彩色的寬大的翅
A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure:
舉止輕浮的人：主要對輕浮的娛樂感興趣的人：
例句：
a social butterfly.
輕浮的交際花

Sports The butterfly stroke.
【體育運動】 蝶泳
butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.
butterflies 因害怕而發(fā)抖：特別是由于可怕的預感而引起的不適感覺或輕度的惡心嘔吐
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
經常用來修飾另一個名詞：
例句：
a butterfly knife; a butterfly hinge.
蝶形小刀；蝶鉸

v.tr.（及物動詞）
but.ter.flied,but.ter.fly.ing,but.ter.flies
To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp.
切開，攤開并鋪平，如蝦

來源：
Middle English butterflye
中古英語 butterflye
from Old English butorflôoge
源自 古英語 butorflôoge
butor, butere [butter] * see butter
butor, butere [奶油] *參見 butter
flôoge [fly] * see fly 2
flôoge [飛] *參見 fly2

<注釋>Is a butterfly named for the color of its excrement or because it was really a thieving witchôThe first suggestion rests on the fact that an early Dutch name for the butterfly wasboterschijte. This name is as astonishing a phenomenon as the fact that anyone ever noticed the color of butterfly excrement.Apparently, however, when the butterfly was not busy leaving colorful traces of itself, it was stealing milk and butter.This was not because of its thievish nature but because it was really a mischievous witch in the form of a winged insect.So the second suggestion is that this predilection for butter larceny gave rise to the colorful insect`s name.
蝴蝶是以其排泄物的顏色命名的，還是因為它的確是個正在偷東西的精靈呢ô第一個假設基于蝴蝶在古代荷蘭語中的名稱為boterschijte 這個事實。 這個名稱同任何人都曾注意到蝴蝶的排泄物的顏色這個事實一樣是個令人吃驚的現象。然而，很顯然蝴蝶不是在忙于留下它們彩色的行跡就是忙于偷牛奶或奶油。這不是因為它有偷竊的天性而是因為它確實是一只作為有翅昆蟲形體的淘氣的精靈。所以第二個假設就是這種奶油盜竊的嗜好引出了彩色昆蟲的命名