flit
flit — 名詞
1. a brief, darting trip from one spot to another, or a single quick shift of posit
快速移動
突然且輕快的移動或短程往返
a brief, darting trip from one spot to another, or a single quick shift of position
With a quick flit, the hummingbird vanished into the garden hedge.
那隻蜂鳥快速移動，一下子就消失在花園的樹籬中。
collocation: with a quick flit
Fatima made a flit to the bakery before the lunch crowd arrived.
Fatima 趕在午餐人潮前快速前往了一趟麵包店。
collocation: make a flit to + place
The editor's flit through the manuscript caught only the most glaring errors.
編輯快速瀏覽了一遍手稿，只抓到了最明顯的錯誤。
Javier noticed a flit of colour as the parrot streaked past the window.
Javier 注意到一道色彩快速掠過，原來是那隻鸚鵡飛過窗外。
A flit from classroom to classroom kept the substitute teacher busy all morning.
代課老師整個早上在各個教室之間快速穿梭，忙得不可開交。
flit — 動詞
- flitpresent simple I / you / we / they
- flitshe / she / it
- flittedpast simple
- flitting-ing form
1. to travel between points with a quickness and lightness that makes the path hard
輕快穿梭
以輕盈快速的方式從一處移動到另一處
to travel between points with a quickness and lightness that makes the path hard to follow — the way a dragonfly skims over water or a sparrow darts through bushes
Theo watched the dragonfly flit from reed to reed along the pond.
Theo 看著蜻蜓在池塘邊的蘆葦之間輕快穿梭。
flit + from + N + to + N
Sparrows flitted in and out of the old stone fountain all afternoon.
麻雀們整個下午都在那座老舊石頭噴泉內外輕快地飛進飛出。
flit + in and out of + place
Mei-Lin's fingers flitted across the piano keys during the fast passage.
Mei-Lin 的手指在快節奏的段落中輕快穿梭於琴鍵之間。
A bat flitted past the streetlamp and vanished into the dark alley.
那隻蝙蝠輕快地掠過路燈，消失在黑暗的巷弄裡。
Dust motes flitted through the shaft of sunlight pouring through the attic window.
灰塵微粒在從閣樓窗戶瀉入的陽光光束中輕快地飄動。
- lumber
to move slowly and heavily, the opposite of light, quick movement
文法句型
flit + from + place + to + place
flit + across/through + place
flit + in and out of + place
用法筆記
Subject is typically a small creature (bird, insect, bat) or something light and fast-moving (fingers, dust, a shadow). Distinguish from sense 2 (BRIEFLY APPEAR): this sense describes physical movement through space.
常見錯誤
2. to surface for a moment in a person's awareness or expression and then vanish —
一閃而過
念頭或表情短暫出現後隨即消失
to surface for a moment in a person's awareness or expression and then vanish — like a thought crossing the mind or an emotion passing over a face
A strange thought flitted through Yara's mind while she was folding laundry.
Yara 在疊衣服時，一個奇怪的念頭從她腦中一閃而過。
flit + through + someone's mind
Irritation flitted across Kwame's face before he forced a polite smile.
煩躁在 Kwame 臉上一閃而過，然後他勉強擠出一個禮貌的微笑。
flit + across + someone's face
The smell of a grandmother's cooking flitted briefly through Dmitri's thoughts.
祖母做菜的味道在 Dmitri 的思緒中短暫一閃而過。
An odd sense of recognition flitted across Amara's awareness as she entered the old house.
一種奇特的似曾相識感在 Amara 走進老房子時一閃而過。
Suspicion flitted through the teacher's mind when she saw the identical test answers.
老師看到一模一樣的考試答案時，懷疑從她心頭一閃而過。
- linger
to stay in the mind or on the face for an extended time
文法句型
flit + across + someone's face
flit + through + someone's mind/thoughts
用法筆記
Subject is almost always an abstract noun — an emotion, thought, memory, or expression. Followed by 'across' (for faces and expressions) or 'through' (for minds and thoughts). Distinguish from sense 1 (DART LIGHTLY): this sense describes something non-physical appearing briefly in awareness, not physical movement.