Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14682
flit
飞掠；轻快地移动
A fluttering or darting movement.
- 1.
A fluttering or darting movement.
轻快的移动；倏忽飞舞。
- 2.
A flow control unit or flow control digit.
流量控制单元或流量控制数字。
- 3.
A sudden departure from a property.
突然从某处离开；逃离。
- 4.
A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
一种特殊的、意外的、短暂的状态变化。
悄悄搬走；突然离开；短暂的状态变化；瞬时波动；流量控制单元；流控数字；轻快的移动；倏忽飞舞。；流量控制单元或流量控制数字。
In use
The butterfly's flit from flower to flower was mesmerizing.
After accumulating huge debts, he made a flit under cover of night.
With a quick flit, the squirrel vanished into the tree hollow.
Connections
Collocations
- do a flit
- 悄悄离开；突然走掉（尤指逃避付账）
- The tenants did a flit without paying the rent.房客们没付房租就悄悄溜走了。
- moonlight flit
- （为躲债或房钱等的）连夜悄悄搬离
- The family made a moonlight flit to escape their debts.那家人为了躲债，连夜悄悄搬走了。
- a flit of wings
- 翅膀的轻快扑动；振翅一掠
- A flit of wings came from the hedge as I walked past.我走过树篱时，里面传来一阵翅膀的轻快扑动声。
Idioms & figurative uses
- moonlight flit
- 连夜潜逃；为躲债悄悄搬走The rent had been unpaid for months, so the tenants did a moonlight flit.房租好几个月没交了，所以房客们连夜偷偷搬走了。
Pop culture & quotes
- Quick, Henry, the Flit!
- （20世纪20年代美国杀虫剂广告语）快，亨利，拿弗利特来！
Learner notes
Memory Tip
flit 开头 fl- 像“飞”，-it 是“它”：它轻快地飞掠而过，名词指这种一闪而过的动作。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：literary prose、nature writing、poetry flit（轻快掠过）通常出现在文学或描写性文字中，常描述鸟、蝶或目光的快速掠过；日常对话中不常单独使用这个名词，整体语感偏书面。
Grammar Note
As a noun, often used in 'a flit' or 'flit of something'. As a verb, typically used with adverbials of direction or manner.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 flit 押韵：bit, fit, hit, kit, pit, sit，均含短元音 /ɪ/ + /t/。注意形似但发音不同的词：flight /flaɪt/（长 ai 音）、fleet /fliːt/（长 ee 音）、flat /flæt/（短 æ 音）、flute /fluːt/（长 u 音）。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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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