Word · Frequency #5314

butterflying

/ˈbʌtɝːˌflaɪ/

verb

把（食物）从中间剖开摊平

butterflying is the present participle of butterfly.

cut food almost in half and spread it flat to look like a butterfly

1.
To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
将食物几乎切成两半并展开,形状像蝴蝶的翅膀。
2.
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
将外科胶带或创可贴切成细条,横跨伤口以闭合。
3.
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.
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。
4.
flutter like a butterfly
像蝴蝶一样 flutter

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。

In use

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？

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。

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。

base butterfly · third person butterflies · -ing butterflying · past butterflied · past participle butterflied

动词变化：butterfly – butterflies – butterflied – butterflied – butterflying；属规则动词，注意 y 改为 i。

及物动词。表示“剖开摊平”时宾语常为食物；表示“用蝶形胶布粘贴”时宾语为伤口；表示“使事件不再发生”时宾语多为复数事件。

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

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