butterfly
معنی فارسی
پروانه
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-flī´/adj., n., pl.
● (جانورشناسی) پروانه (انواع حشرات رنگین بال از تیرهی Lepidoptera)
● (بیشتر در مورد زنان) دمدمی مزاج، بیوفا و بوالهوس
● شنای پروانه (butterfly stroke هم میگویند)
● مسابقهی شنای پروانه
● شبیه پروانه، پروانه مانند
butterfly table
میز پروانهای، میز گرد و تا شو
● (خوراکپزی) از درازا شکافتن یا بریدن (میگو و ماهی و غیره)
* have (or get) butterflies (in one's stomach)
(عامیانه) بسیار دلواپس و عصبی بودن (مثلا قبل از امتحان یا نطق)، دلهره داشتن، شور زدن دل
I always get butterflies before an exam
من همیشه قبل از امتحان دلهره دارم.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old English 'buttorfleoge', a compound of 'butere' (butter) and 'fleoge' (fly). The name may have originated from the belief that butterflies stole milk and butter.
مثال
- The garden was filled with beautiful butterflies.
- She watched as the butterfly fluttered from flower to flower.
- The butterfly landed delicately on the leaf.
ترکیبهای رایج
Butterfly wings Butterfly garden Butterfly species
تعریف انگلیسی
- diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
- flutter like a butterfly “Something ----s” “Somebody ----s”
- cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking “butterflied shrimp” “Somebody ----s something”
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries” “My husband never flirts with other women” “Somebody ----s” “Somebody ----s PP” “Somebody ----s somebody (for: chat up)”