| Английский > Русский |
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| butterfly |
| 1. зоол. бабочка, мотылёк |
| 2. попрыгунья; легкомысленная, непостоянная женщина |
| 3. (спорт.) баттерфляй (стиль плавания) |
| Английский > Английский |
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| butterfly |
| 1. n. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |
| 2. n. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. |
| butterfly tape |
| 3. n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. |
| 4. n. (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. |
| Русский > Английский |
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| бабочка |
| 1. n. butterfly |
| ночная бабочка (nočnája bábočka) — moth |
| 2. n. bowtie |
| 3. n. woman (jocular diminutive form of баба) |
