butterfly

英 ['bʌtəflaɪ] 美 ['bʌtɚflaɪ]

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解释

n. 蝴蝶；蝶泳；举止轻浮的人；追求享乐的人

※ 提供单词"butterfly"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

butterfly 蝴蝶

butter, 黄油。fly, 昆虫。形容蝴蝶黄油色的翅膀。

英文词源

butterfly: butterfly: [OE] A number of theories have been put forward as to how the butterfly got its name. Perhaps the most generally accepted is that it is a reflection of a once-held notion that butterflies land on and consume butter or milk left uncovered in kitchen or dairy (an idea perhaps supported by the German name for the ‘butterfly’, milchdieb, literally ‘milk-thief’). Other suggestions are that the word is a reference to the yellow wings of certain species of the insect, or to the colour of butterflies’ excrement.
butterfly (n.): Old English buttorfleoge, evidently butter (n.) + fly (n.), but of obscure signification. Perhaps based on the old notion that the insects (or witches disguised as butterflies) consume butter or milk that is left uncovered. Or, less creatively, simply because the pale yellow color of many species' wings suggests the color of butter. Another theory connects it to the color of the insect's excrement, based on Dutch cognate boterschijte. An overview of words for "butterfly" in various languages can be found here. Also see papillon.

Applied to persons from c. 1600, originally in reference to vain and gaudy attire; by 1806 in reference to transformation from early lowly state; in reference to flitting tendencies by 1873. The swimming stroke so called from 1936. Butterflies "light stomach spasms caused by anxiety" is from 1908.
The butterfly effect is a deceptively simple insight extracted from a complex modern field. As a low-profile assistant professor in MIT's department of meteorology in 1961, [Edward] Lorenz created an early computer program to simulate weather. One day he changed one of a dozen numbers representing atmospheric conditions, from .506127 to .506. That tiny alteration utterly transformed his long-term forecast, a point Lorenz amplified in his 1972 paper, "Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?" [Peter Dizikes, "The Meaning of the Butterfly," The Boston Globe, June 8, 2008]

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例句和用法

1. She wore butterfly glasses and had a beehive hairdo.: 她戴着一副蝶形眼镜，顶着一头蜂窝式发型。

2. It is a very pretty butterfly, with a 2 inch wing span.: 这是一只非常美丽的蝴蝶，翼展2英寸。

3. She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.: 她像一只蝴蝶，每天在人前人后飞来飞去。

4. the life cycle of the butterfly: 蝴蝶的生活周期

5. The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.: 毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。