Butterfly

(noun.) a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down.

(noun.) diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings.

(verb.) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; 'butterflied shrimp'.

(verb.) flutter like a butterfly.

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• And besides, look at elder-flowers and bluebells--they are a sign that pure creation takes place--even the butterfly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I made it like those Beth invented, a big butterfly with a fat body, and black and yellow wings, worsted feelers, and bead eyes. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But no one probably will dispute that the butterfly is higher than the caterpillar. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In all his life he has never bred a single butterfly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• No man could crush a butterfly on the wheel with better effect; no man better cover a speedy retreat from a powerful adversary. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I want our pet to like me, and be as gay as a butterfly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The weather now became warm and bright, bringing Caliphronas out of his cabin again, like a brilliant butterfly, to bask in the sunshine. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Flowers had developed concurrently with bees and butterflies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I allude to the wonderful manner in which certain butterflies imitate, as first described by Mr. Bates, other and quite distinct species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The butterflies are free. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her father and mother were gone to a party, and the rest were all out with the butterflies. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And what is true of men and butterflies is true of every sort of living thing, of plants as of animals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Altogether no less than ten genera are enumerated, which include species that imitate other butterflies. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Before sunset a strong breeze sprung up from the north, and this must have caused tens of thousands of the butterflies and other insects to perish. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Ursula rose and drifted away, unconscious like the butterflies. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She was exactly the same as ever, and the same immortal butterflies hovered over her cap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We see the same rule in the distribution of butterflies and beetles. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It is hard for us to see individuality in butterflies because we do not observe them very closely, but it is easy for us to see it in men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• After the Beagle sai led from the Plata, December 6, 1833, vast numbers of butterflies were seen as far as the eye could range in bands of countless m yriads. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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