English Dictionary

flutter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈflʌtə/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用 俗語

(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. / (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）翼や手足などを素早く、不規則に振動させる、あるいは羽ばたくこと。 / （自動詞：翼のある動物の場合）軽やかに羽ばたき、飛行せずに小刻みに動くこと。

A small moth began to flutter around the porch light.

小さな蛾が玄関灯の周りをひらひらと舞い始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.

flags fluttering in the wind

意味（2）

(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.

Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.

意味（3）

(intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.

意味（4）

(transitive) To cause something to flap.

A bird flutters its wings.

意味（5）

(transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.

If you haue vvrit your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flatter'd your Volcians in Corioles.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.

意味（7）

(intransitive, obsolete) To be frivolous.

意味（8）

(espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.

This was the first time that Nosenko had been subjected to a lie detector — or what the CIA called fluttering. The Soviet Union did not use such devices for interrogation.

flutters （ present singular third-person ）

fluttering （ participle present ）

fluttered （ participle past ）

fluttered （ past ）