butterfly

n.

蝴蝶; 蝶式, 蝶形

[喻]举止轻浮的人(尤指妇女); 追求享乐的人

活动目标探测器; 蝶形阀[板]; 节气[流]门, (雕刻)X型支柱

(可收起放下的)折板桌

[pl. ](由紧张等情绪引起的)欲呕的感觉

蝴蝶黄色

曲撑杆

V形尾翼

【常用短语】

a butterfly stroke
蝶式游泳

a butterfly valve
【机】蝶形阀

a social butterfly
轻浮的交际花

【习惯用语】.

as light as a butterfly
轻浮

break a butterfly on the wheel
杀鸡用牛刀, 小题大作

break a butterfly upon the wheel
杀鸡用牛刀, 小题大作

gaudy as a butterfly
(打扮得)花枝招展; (装饰得)过分花哨

gaudy as a peacock
(打扮得)花枝招展; (装饰得)过分花哨

set a butterfly
张开蝴蝶的两翼, 置于玻璃盒中(作为标本)

【背句子记单词】

I like the butterfly stroke.
我喜欢蝶泳。

A butterfly settled on my hand.
一只蝴蝶停在我手上了。

As I had plenty of money, I was able to help her.
我钱很宽裕，能帮助她。

Plenty of是"许多"的意思： plenty of time充足的时间，plenty of money充足的钱。 be able to (do sth) 能[会](做某事) 。

A maiko, or geisha-in-training, strolls through the streets of Kyoto. She is a member of a famed, but dwindling sorority of entertainers.

一个舞女，或是一个艺妓，在京都的大街上漫步。她是一个有名但而日益衰落的剧团的演员。

Clever promise

One day a father was teaching his son and said,

"The keys to your success are keeping your word and cleverness.

Once you give somebody a promise, you must carry it out on matter what will happen.

This is called 'keeping one's words.'

"What is clever? asked his son.

"Clever is that you'll never make such a promise, " the father answered.

聪明的承诺

一天，父亲教育儿子说："一个人成功的关键就是严守诺言和足够聪明。

一旦你给了别人承诺，无论发生什么事，

你都得实现它，这个就叫'守诺言'。"

儿子问："那么什么是聪明呢？"

父亲回答："聪明就是任何时候都别做这样的承诺。"