English Dictionary

flitter

名詞

A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment. / Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis. / (science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.

日本語の意味

ぼろ切れ、断片、小片 / ハイアロティス属に属する各種のひよこ蝶（スキッパー） / （SFにおける）小型の航空機または宇宙船

She used an old flitter to wipe the muddy footprints from the floor.

彼女は古いぼろ切れで床の泥の足跡を拭き取った。

意味（1）

A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

But to return to where we left her, I see her still, propped up in a kind of stupor against one of the walls in which this wretched edifice abounds, her long grey greasy hair framing in its cowl of scrofulous mats a face where pallor, languor, hunger, acne, recent dirt, immemorial chagrin and surplus hair seemed to dispute the mastery. Flitters of perforated starch entwine an ear.

意味（2）

Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Hyarotis.

意味（3）

(science fiction) A small aircraft or spacecraft.

Then all three went out to the flitter. A tiny speedster, really; a torpedo bearing stubby wings and the ludicrous tail-surfaces, the multifarious driving-, braking-, side-, top-, and under-jets so characteristic of the tricky, cranky, but ultra-maneuverable breed.

flitters （ plural ）