flit from place to place
collocation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。
轻快掠过；迅速移动
flits — third person singular of flit
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轻快掠过；迅速移动
to move quickly and lightly from one place to another
A butterfly flits from flower to flower in the garden.
蝴蝶在花园里从一朵花飞到另一朵花。
快速而灵巧地移动。
To move about rapidly and nimbly.
从一个地方快速移动到另一个地方。
To move quickly from one location to another.
在短时间内不可预测地改变状态。
To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
将拴着的动物移到新的放牧地点。
To move a tethered animal to a new grazing location.
flit
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原形
flits
3rd person
第三人称单数
flitting
-ing
现在分词
flitted
Past
过去式
flitted
Past participle
过去分词
She flits from one topic to another.
她从一个话题轻快地跳到另一个话题。
A butterfly flitted past.
一只蝴蝶轻快地飞过。
Bees are flitting among the flowers.
蜜蜂在花丛中轻快地飞来飞去。
常指轻快迅速地移动或掠过
A thought flitted through my mind and then was gone.
一个念头掠过我的脑海，然后消失了。
The hummingbird is flitting among the branches.
蜂鸟在树枝间飞来飞去。
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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。
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。
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。
（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。
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。
从一个想法跳到另一个想法
During the meeting, his mind kept flitting from one idea to another.
开会时，他的思绪不停地从一个想法跳到另一个想法。
（注意力或兴趣）不断转移，三心二意
He flits from one thing to another and never finishes anything.
他总是在不同的事情之间跳来跳去，什么事都完不成。
短暂出现又离开；时隐时现
Thoughts flitted in and out of her mind all night.
各种念头整夜在她脑海中时隐时现。
（表情）在脸上掠过
A look of surprise flitted across his face.
一丝惊讶的神情从他脸上掠过。
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联想：灯(lit)一亮，飞蛾绕光轻快掠过——flit 就是“轻快掠过”。
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。
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