butterflynoun/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/

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  A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

  • It is true. I am like a butterfly, and I shall only live a little while.
  • Dr Andre Gilburn, of the University of Stirling, who led the butterfly study, said: “Our study not only identifies a worrying link between the use of neonicotinoids and declines in butterflies but also suggests that the strength of their impact on many species could be huge.”
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  medicinesciencesA use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

  • butterfly tape; butterfly bandage; butterfly strips
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  hobbieslifestylesportsThe butterfly stroke.

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  Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).

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  archaicSomeone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.

  • He was affable; therefore he was frivolous. The women liked him; therefore he was a butterfly.
  • The day came indeed when her breathless auditors learnt from her in bewilderment that what ailed him was that he was, alas, simply not serious. Maisie wept on Mrs. Wix's bosom after hearing that Sir Claude was a butterfly[…].
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  businessfinanceA combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.

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  A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.

  • One potential butterfly could be JFK having another son the year after the POD instead of a daughter.
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  hobbieslifestylesportsA type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.

butterflyverb/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/

• 1

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

  • butterflied shrimp
  • Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
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  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.
• 3

  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.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• butterflies in one’s stomach