butterfly

[US]/ˈbʌtəflaɪ/
[UK]/ˈbʌtərflaɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a flying insect with brightly colored wings and a slender body, someone who flits about in a carefree or light-hearted manner.

Phrases & Collocations

beautiful butterfly

butterfly wings

colorful butterfly

butterfly garden

butterfly species

butterfly valve

butterfly effect

social butterfly

set a butterfly

butterfly stroke

monarch butterfly

Example Sentences

a butterfly knife; a butterfly hinge.

a butterfly with mealy wings

The butterfly is an example of symmetry.

the faint beat of a butterfly's wing.

the butterfly was one of the many manifestations of the Goddess.

The butterfly quivers its wings.

The butterfly fluttered into the room.

The butterfly is a kind of water sport.

A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

The butterfly emerged from the pupa.

Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio machaon (L., 1758).

a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden.

an enormous butterfly pinned by a heartless collector.

Effects are disproportional to causes -- the butterfly effect.

A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.

To spare no effort on the job would be to break a butterfly on the wheel.

Real-world Examples

That those of you are familiar with butterfly effect how a butterfly flapping its wings.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Wow! Can he teach me the butterfly and the backstroke?

Source: Lai Shih-Hsiung's Beginner American English (Volume 1)

I had a seamstress sew some butterflies on it.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2019 Collection

Next, I am going to add a butterfly.

Source: Blue little koala

No.You know, it is exhaustingbeing a butterfly.

Source: Ugly Betty Season 1

" Butterfly. Windshield wipers. Half a butterfly, " Wade said simply.

Source: Crazy Element City

I've noteced that there are more butterflies this year.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

Dacia, you're a butterfly with the sting of a wasp.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

Stapleton had caught the butterfly, and was walking bath to us.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

The city holds a parade to celebrate the butterflies every October.

Source: VOA Special November 2021 Collection

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