Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14682
flit
轻快掠过；迅速移动
to move quickly and lightly from one place to another
- 1.
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
快速而灵巧地移动。
- 2.
To move quickly from one location to another.
从一个地方快速移动到另一个地方。
- 3.
To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
在短时间内不可预测地改变状态。
- 4.
To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
将拴着的动物移到新的放牧地点。
- 5.
To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
不稳定；容易被移动或经常移动。
飘忽不定；变幻不定；转牧；转移（拴着的牲畜）到新牧场；快速而灵巧地移动。；从一个地方快速移动到另一个地方。；在短时间内不可预测地改变状态。
In use
A butterfly flits from flower to flower in the garden.
A thought flitted through my mind and then was gone.
The hummingbird is flitting among the branches.
Verb forms
base flit · third person flits · -ing flitting · past flitted · past participle flitted
常指轻快迅速地移动或掠过
Connections
Collocations
- flit from place to place
- 从一个地方迅速移到另一个地方；奔波
- Birds flit from place to place in search of food.鸟儿为了寻找食物从一个地方迅速飞到另一个地方。
- flit between
- 在……之间频繁往返；在……之间变换
- She flits between London and Paris for work.她因工作在伦敦和巴黎之间频繁往返。
- flit around
- 四处轻快地移动；到处奔波
- Butterflies flitted around the garden.蝴蝶在花园里轻快地飞来飞去。
- flit through
- （想法等）在脑中闪现；掠过
- An idea flitted through her mind.一个念头在她脑海中闪现。
- flit in and out
- 进进出出；时隐时现
- Images flitted in and out of his dreams.影像在他的梦中时隐时现。
- flit from one idea to another
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：灯(lit)一亮，飞蛾绕光轻快掠过——flit 就是“轻快掠过”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary or written narrative、figurative descriptions of changing states、animal husbandry (moving tethered animals) flit 的语域随义项变化：表示“轻快快速移动”时多用于书面或文学描写；表示“状态或注意力短暂多变”时常用于比喻表达；而表示“转移拴系牲畜”时属于畜牧业用语。使用时请根据具体语境判断。
Grammar Note
不及物动词
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均与 flit 押韵，都含 /ɪt/ 音：hit, sit, bit, fit, knit, lit。注意拼写近似的 flight /flaɪt/ 并不押韵。
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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