flutter
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] verb
MOVE 移动
intransitive or transitive
■to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this （使）飘动，挥动，颤动；拍（翅）；鼓（翼）•Brightly coloured flags were fluttering in the breeze.鲜艳的彩旗在微风中飘扬。 •Leaves fluttered down onto the path.树叶飘落到小径上。 •Butterflies fluttered about in the sunshine.蝴蝶在阳光下翩翩飞舞。 •A white bird poised on a wire and fluttered its wings.一只白鸟立在电线上，扑打着翅膀。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] verb
HEART/STOMACH 心／胃
intransitive
■If your heart or stomach flutters, you feel slightly uncomfortable because you are excited or nervous （心）怦怦乱跳；（胃）颤动•Every time I think about my exams my stomach flutters!每次一想到考试，我心里就不舒服！
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] verb
flutter your eyelashes humorous
■If a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she uses her charm and beauty to persuade him to do something for her （女子）抛媚眼，送秋波•Go and flutter your eyelashes at the barman, Janet, and see if you can get him to serve us.珍妮特，去跟那个男酒保抛抛媚眼，看看你能不能让他过来为我们服务。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] verb
make your heart flutter
■If someone makes your heart flutter, you find them very physically attractive and you feel excited when you see or talk to them 使心怦怦乱跳•James has been making hearts flutter ever since he joined the company.詹姆斯进入公司以来，已迷得很多人为之心跳。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] noun
EXCITEMENT 激动
countable usually singular
■a short period of excited activity 一阵兴奋（或激动）•The publication of her first novel last autumn caused a flutter of excitement.去年秋天她的第一部小说出版后引起一阵轰动。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] noun
MONEY 钱
countable usually singular UK informal
■a small bet (= money risked) , especially on a horse race （尤指赛马中的）小赌注•Aunty Paula likes to have a bit of a flutter on the horses.宝拉姨妈喜欢在赛马上下一点小赌注。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] noun
MOVEMENT 动作
only singular
■a quick up-and-down movement 振动；颤动；忽闪
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] noun
all of a flutter
■in a state of nervous excitement 紧张兴奋•Peter was coming round for dinner and I was all of a flutter.彼得要来吃晚饭，我既紧张又兴奋。
UK ['flʌt.ər] US ['flʌtˌ.ɚ] noun
in a flutter
■in a confused and excited state 兴奋不安•When economic statistics are first published they grab headlines and put markets in a flutter.经济统计资料一公布就登上了报纸头条，并引起市场一阵骚动。 |