butterfly

詳細解釋：

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，特徵為身體細長，觸鬚突出，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 因害怕而發抖：特別是由於可怕的預感而引起的不適感覺或輕度的噁心嘔吐
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，攤開並鋪平，如蝦

來源：
Middle English butterflye
中古英文 butterflye
from Old English butorflôoge
源自 古英文 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第一個假設基於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於留下它們彩色的行跡就是忙於偷牛奶或奶油。這不是因為它有偷竊的天性而是因為它確實是一隻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