Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - butterfly
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Butterfly
butterfly
~ n 1 a type of insect that has large wings, often with beautiful colours 2 have butterflies (in your stomach) informal to feel very nervous before doing something (I always get butterflies before an exam.) 3 butterfly stroke a way of swimming by lying on your front and moving your arms together over your head 4 someone who usually moves on quickly from one activity or person to the next
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(butterflies) 1. A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, kicking your legs and bringing your arms over your head together. N-UNCOUNT: also the N 3. If you have butterflies in your stomach or have butterflies, you are very nervous or excited about something. (INFORMAL) An exam, or even an exciting social event may produce butterflies in the stomach. PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers 2. something that resembles or suggests a ~; especially a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure 3. a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down 4. plural a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused especially by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation 5. a defensive move by a goalie in ice hockey executed by dropping to the knees while spreading the lower legs outward II. transitive verb (-flied; -flying) Date: 1954 to split almost entirely and spread apart a butterflied steak butterflied shrimp ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four usu. brightly coloured wings erect when at rest. 2 a showy or frivolous person. 3 (in pl.) colloq. a nervous sensation felt in the stomach. Phrases and idioms butterfly net a fine net on a ring attached to a pole, used for catching butterflies. butterfly nut a kind of wing-nut. butterfly stroke a stroke in swimming, with both arms raised and lifted forwards together. butterfly valve a valve with hinged semicircular plates. Etymology: OE buttor-fleoge (as BUTTER, FLY(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) дроссельная заслонка 2) соединение двойным ласточкиным хвостом 3) мн. ч. пятна (дефект известковой штукатурки) 4) мн. ч. белые нетравящиеся участки (в образцах после испытаний на контактную усталость) 5) (упругая) пластинка (под переднюю часть воротника сорочки) 6) ластовица (в брюках) ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) бот. дневная бабочка, мотылек 2) спорт баттерфляй (стиль полавания) 3) бабочка (деталь регулятора тяги) 4) дроссельная заслонка 5) двухстворчатый ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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дневная бабочка, мотылёк – apollo butterfly – birdwing butterfly – brimstone butterfly – brush-footed butterflies – cabbage butterfly – cabbage white butterfly – comma butterfly – four-footed butterflies – gossamer-winged butterflies – hackberry butterfly – hunter's butterfly – kite butterflies – leaf butterfly – lucerne blue butterfly – map butterfly – milkweed butterfly – monarch butterfly – mourning-cloak butterfly – owl butterflies – peacock butterfly – satyr butterflies – sea butterflies – sulfur butterflies – swallowtail butterflies – thistle butterfly – thorn butterfly – turnip butterfly – wood white butterfly ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бабочка; мотылек nocturnal butterfly —- ночная бабочка 2. красивая, легкомысленная и непостоянная женщина, "мотылек" social butterfly —- светская красавица butterfly perfections —- внешний блеск 3. "баттерфляй" (стиль плавания) 4. ав. жарг. дроссельная заслонка Id: butterflies (in the tummy (stomach)) —- нервная дрожь (от страха); мутит от страха 5. напоминающий по форме бабочку a butterfly roof —- двускатная крыша butterfly doors —- двустворчатая дверь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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table noun стол с откидными боковыми досками BUTTERFLY noun 1) бабочка 2) sport баттерфляй (стиль плавания) (тж. butterfly stroke) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. buttorfleoge, perhaps based on the old notion that the insects (or witches disguised as butterflies) consume butter or milk that is left uncovered. A fascinating overview of words for "butterfly" in various languages can be found here. Butterflies "light stomach spasms caused by anxiety" is from 1908. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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