Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - flutter
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Flutter
flutter
~1 v 1 if a bird or insect flutters its wings or if its wings flutter, its wings move quickly and lightly up and down (butterflies fluttering from flower to flower) 2 to wave or move gently in the air (Dead leaves fluttered slowly to the ground.) 3 if your heart or your stomach flutters, you feel very excited or nervous 4 flutter your eyelashes (at sb) if a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she uses her sexual attractiveness to influence him ~2 n 1 the state of being nervous, confused or excited (in a flutter) (We're all in a flutter of excitement at the moment. | cause a flutter (=make people excited or interested)) (News of her arrest caused quite a flutter in the office.) 2 have a flutter BrE informal to risk a small amount of money on the result of a horse race; bet2 (1) 3 a fluttering movement (a flutter of wings) 4 technical an irregular heart beat 5 technical a shaking movement that stops a machine working properly
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(flutters, fluttering, fluttered) 1. If something thin or light flutters, or if you flutter it, it moves up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements. Her chiffon skirt was fluttering in the night breeze. ...a butterfly fluttering its wings. ...the fluttering white lace handkerchief. VERB: V, V n, V-ing • Flutter is also a noun. ...a flutter of white cloth. N-COUNT 2. If something light such as a small bird or a piece of paper flutters somewhere, it moves through the air with small quick movements. The paper fluttered to the floor... The birds were active, whirring and fluttering among the trees. VERB: V adv/prep, V 3. If you have a flutter, you have a small bet on something such as a horse race. (BRIT INFORMAL) I had a flutter on five horses. = bet N-COUNT: oft N on n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English floteren to float, ~, from Old English floterian, frequentative of flotian to float; akin to Old English fleotan to float — more at fleet Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to flap the wings rapidly 2. a. to move with quick wavering or flapping motions b. to vibrate in irregular spasms 3. to move about or behave in an agitated aimless manner transitive verb to cause to ~ • ~er noun • ~y adjective II. noun Date: 1641 1. an act of ~ing 2. a. a state of nervous confusion or excitement b. flurry, commotion c. abnormal spasmodic ~ing of a body part treatment of atrial ~ 3. a. a distortion in reproduced sound similar to but of a higher pitch than wow b. fluctuation in the brightness of a television image 4. an unwanted oscillation (as of an aileron or a bridge) set up by natural forces 5. chiefly British a small speculative venture or gamble ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. flap the wings in flying or trying to fly (butterflies fluttered in the sunshine). b tr. flap (the wings). 2 intr. fall with a quivering motion (leaves fluttered to the ground). 3 intr. & tr. move or cause to move irregularly or tremblingly (the wind fluttered the flag). 4 intr. go about restlessly; flit; hover. 5 tr. agitate, confuse. 6 intr. (of a pulse or heartbeat) beat feebly or irregularly. 7 intr. tremble with excitement or agitation. --n. 1 a the act of fluttering. b an instance of this. 2 tremulous excitement; a sensation (was in a flutter; caused a flutter with his behaviour). 3 Brit. sl. a small bet, esp. on a horse. 4 an abnormally rapid but regular heartbeat. 5 Aeron. an undesired oscillation in a part of an aircraft etc. under stress. 6 Mus. a rapid movement of the tongue (as when rolling one's rs) in playing a wind instrument. 7 Electronics a rapid variation of pitch, esp. of recorded sound (cf. WOW(2)). 8 a vibration. Phrases and idioms flutter the dovecots cause alarm among normally imperturbable people. Derivatives flutterer n. fluttery adj. Etymology: OE floterian, flotorian, frequent. form rel. to FLEET(5) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) неустойчивое (неустановившееся) колебание 2) флаттер 3) дрожание; пульсация дрожать; пульсировать 4) детонация, детонационные искажения (при воспроизведении звукозаписи) 5) быстрые колебания уровня сигнала flutter and wow — детонация (воспроизводимого) звука - auditory flutter - bending-torsion flutter - ground flutter - power supply flutter - relay flutter - scrape flutter - time-base flutter - time flutter - torsional flutter - wing flutter - wing-store flutter FLUTTER ECHO связь многократное эхо; тлв порхающее эхо ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) амплитудное, фазовое или частотное дрожание (сигнала) 2) высокочастотная детонация, ВЧ-детонация – chroma flutter ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) высокочастотная детонация звука 2) акуст. детонация второго рода 3) компьют. клевание 4) рябь звуковая 5) флаттер record produces flutter — звук плывет travelling wave flutter — флаттер с бегущей волной - carrier flutter - control flutter - flexure-torsion flutter - flutter computer - flutter model - flutter stability - flutter test - piston-ring flutter - stall flutter - wow and flutter ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский словарь по машиностроению
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. трепетание, дрожание the flutter of wings —- трепетание крыльев 2. взмахивание; размахивание flutter of the feet —- спорт. порхающая работа ног (плавание) 3. трепет, волнение all in a flutter —- в волнении, в возбуждении to fall into a flutter —- прийти в волнение (в нервное состояние), разволноваться to put smb. into a flutter —- взбудоражить (взволновать) кого-л. flutter of pleasure —- приятное возбуждение, радостный трепет she had a sudden flutter of fear —- внезапно ей стало страшно 4. разг. переполох; сенсация to cause a flutter —- произвести сенсацию 5. разг. риск на небольшую ставку to have a flutter on the horses —- попытать счастья на скачках 6. быстрые, суетливые движения 7. тех. вибрация, неустойчивое колебание; дребезжание 8. рад. пульсирующие помехи, "вой" 9. тлв. дрожание изображения 10. ав. флаттер 11. мед. мерцание, трепетание 12. трепетать, дрожать; колыхаться, развеваться flags flutter in the wind —- флаги развеваются на ветру curtains flutter in a draught —- шторы колышутся на сквозняке petals fluttered to the ground —- лепестки (кружась) опускались на землю 13. бить, взмахивать крыльями 14. неровно биться (о пульсе) 15. волновать, возбуждать, беспокоить 16. волноваться, беспокоиться to flutter with joy —- трепетать от радости 17. (обыкн. flutter about) быстро и суетливо...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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about нервно двигаться The women were all fluttering about finishing their preparations for the wedding. FLUTTER 1. noun 1) порхание 2) махание 3) волнение; трепет to put smb. into a flutter - взбудоражить кого-л. to make/cause a flutter - производить сенсацию 4) sl. риск (обыкн. в азартных играх) 5) tech. вибрация 6) aeron. флаттер 2. v. 1) махать или бить крыльями; перепархивать 2) трепетать; биться неровно (о сердце) 3) махать; развеваться (на ветру) 4) дрожать от волнения; волновать(ся), беспокоить(ся) 5) tech. вибрировать - flutter about ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. floterian "float to and fro, be tossed by waves," freq. of flotian "to float." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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