butterfly sth
指把食物几乎切成两半再向两边摊开，形状像蝴蝶的翅膀。
Butterfly the chicken breast before you grill it.
烤之前先把鸡胸肉从中间剖开摊平。
把（食物）从中间剖开摊平
butterflying — present participle of butterfly
像蝴蝶一样飞舞；用蝶形胶布闭合（伤口）；因蝴蝶效应使历史轨迹或后代发生改变；将食物几乎切成两半并展开,形状像蝴蝶的翅膀。；将外科胶带或创可贴切成细条,横跨伤口以闭合。
cut food almost in half and spread it flat to look like a butterfly
将食物几乎切成两半并展开,形状像蝴蝶的翅膀。
To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
将外科胶带或创可贴切成细条,横跨伤口以闭合。
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
由于蝴蝶效应引入的随机变化,导致分歧点后的事件未按真实历史发生,分歧点后出生的人不以可识别的形式存在。
To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
像蝴蝶一样 flutter
flutter like a butterfly
一般现在时
She butterflies the salmon before baking it.
她烤鲑鱼前先把它剖开摊平。
past
He butterflied the chicken breast and stuffed it with herbs.
他把鸡胸肉剖开摊平，塞入香草。
现在完成时
We have butterflied the meat, so it will cook quickly.
我们已经把肉剖开摊平，所以它会熟得很快。
动词变化：butterfly – butterflies – butterflied – butterflied – butterflying；属规则动词，注意 y 改为 i。
Could you butterfly the chicken breast so it will grill evenly?
你能把鸡胸肉从中间剖开摊平，这样它就能烤得均匀吗？
用法提示：butterfly 作动词，表示把食物从中间剖开摊平。
I sat on the bench and watched the leaves butterflying in the wind.
我坐在长椅上，看着叶子像蝴蝶一样在风中飘飞。
用法提示：butterflying 是 butterfly 的现在分词，作动词，表示像蝴蝶一样飘飞。
After the fall, the nurse butterflied the cut on my knee to keep the edges together.
摔倒后，护士用蝶形胶布把我膝盖上的伤口边缘拉合起来。
用法提示：butterflied 是 butterfly 的过去式，作动词，表示用蝶形胶布横跨伤口使其闭合。
指把食物几乎切成两半再向两边摊开，形状像蝴蝶的翅膀。
Butterfly the chicken breast before you grill it.
烤之前先把鸡胸肉从中间剖开摊平。
用蝶形胶布把裂开的伤口拉拢闭合，with 后接所用的胶布或创可贴。
The nurse butterflied the wound with narrow strips of tape.
护士用细条胶布以蝶形方式把伤口贴拢。
过去分词 butterflied 作定语，说明食材已从中间剖开、摊成蝴蝶形。
She roasted a butterflied leg of lamb.
她烤了一只剖开摊平的羊腿。
grammar · medium
易错句子She butterflys the chicken before roasting it.
正确表达She butterflies the chicken before roasting it.
英语动词一般现在时第三人称单数,若以辅音字母加 y 结尾,要先把 y 变 i 再加 -es,butterfly → butterflies。原形 butterfly 不能直接用于 she/he/it 之后。
grammar · medium
易错句子He butterflyed the pork chop.
正确表达He butterflied the pork chop.
动词过去式拼写规则:butterfly 以辅音字母加 y 结尾,变 y 为 i 再加 -ed,得到 butterflied,而不是直接加 -ed 写成 butterflyed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The chicken was butterfly by the chef.
正确表达The chicken was butterflied by the chef.
被动语态中 be 动词后要用过去分词,butterfly 的过去分词是 butterflied,用原形 butterfly 会把被动句写成不存在的形式。
把整鸡从中间剖开摊平
Butterfly the chicken and press it flat before grilling.
烤之前把整鸡剖开摊平并压扁。
把鸡胸从中间剖开摊平
Butterfly the chicken breast so it cooks more quickly.
把鸡胸从中间剖开摊平，这样熟得更快。
把虾从背部剖开摊平
She butterflied the shrimp before coating them in breadcrumbs.
她把虾从背部剖开摊平，然后裹上面包糠。
把羊腿剖开摊平
The butcher butterflied the leg of lamb for roasting.
肉贩把羊腿剖开摊平，方便烘烤。
把猪排从中间剖开摊平
Butterfly the pork chop to make it thinner and quicker to cook.
把猪排从中间剖开摊平，让它更薄、更容易熟。
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用蝶形胶布条把伤口拉合
The nurse butterflied the wound instead of using stitches.
护士没有缝针，而是用蝶形胶布条把伤口拉合。