English Dictionary

butterfly

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʌtə(ɹ)flaɪ/

動詞

他動詞 分岐点

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

日本語の意味

食材などをほぼ完全に半分に切り、両側を広げた状態にする調理法（蝶形切り）

Before grilling, butterfly the chicken breast so it cooks evenly and absorbs the marinade.

グリルする前に、鶏胸肉を半分ほどまで切り開いて両側を広げておくと、均一に火が通りマリネがよく染み込みます。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

butterflied shrimp

意味（2）

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

After everyone had obeyed his commands, the lieutenant motioned for two medics that now appeared to enter the room and attend to Dr. Carter. They bandaged him up, butterflying some of the deeper gashes and gave him a couple of shots.

意味（3）

(transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.

Pearl Harbor not happening would've butterflied Taylor Swift.

butterflies （ present singular third-person ）

butterflying （ participle present ）

butterflied （ participle past ）

butterflied （ past ）