| Englisch > Deutsch | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] Zoologie: Schmetterling; Insekt mit meist schlankem Körper und großflächigen, zarten Flügeln | |
| 3. [2] Sport, ohne Plural: Delfinschwimmen, Schmetterlingsstil; Schwimmstil, bei dem beide Arme in einer kreisförmigen Bewegung zugleich aus dem Wasser nach vorn gebracht werden und die Beine auf und ab geschlagen werden | |
| 4. [3] übertragen, selten: ein flatterhafter Mensch | |
| 5. [4] Technik: Klappe | |
| [1] „Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers.“ | |
| „Schmetterlinge ernähren sich in erster Linie von Blütennektar.“ | |
| [2] „While the butterfly was difficult, it brought a great improvement in speed.“ | |
| „Obwohl der Schmetterlingsstil schwierig war, hat er Geschwindigkeitsverbesserungen gebracht.“ | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. subst. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |  |
| 2. subst. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. | |
| butterfly tape | |
| 3. subst. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. | |
| 4. subst. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. | |
| 5. v. 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. | |
| 6. v. To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it. | |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
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| Schmetterling | |
| 1. subst. (in common use) butterfly | |
| 2. subst. (chiefly biology) any insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth | |
| 3. subst. (swimming) butterfly (kind of stroke) | |
