flit
verb/flɪt/
/flɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flit | /flɪt/ /flɪt/ |
| he / she / it flits | /flɪts/ /flɪts/ |
| past simple flitted | /ˈflɪtɪd/ /ˈflɪtɪd/ |
| past participle flitted | /ˈflɪtɪd/ /ˈflɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form flitting | /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to move lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another
轻快地从一处到另一处；掠过 - flit from A to B Butterflies flitted from flower to flower.
蝴蝶在花丛中飞来飞去。 - He flits from one job to another.
他频繁跳槽。 - + adv./prep. A smile flitted across his face.
他脸上笑容一闪而过。 - A thought flitted through my mind.
我脑海中掠过一个念头。
- flit from A to B Butterflies flitted from flower to flower.
- [intransitive] (Scottish English, Northern British English) to change the place where you live, especially secretly in order to avoid paying money that you owe to somebody
（尤指为了躲债）搬家，偷偷逃走 - I had to change schools every time my parents flitted.
我父母每次迁居，我都得换学校。
- I had to change schools every time my parents flitted.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja.; related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’.