no obj., with adverbial of direction
- move quickly in an apparently random or purposeless manner随意(或无目的地)快速移动:
if only you would settle down instead of flittering around the countryside.
要是你能定居下来, 不再在乡下飘泊该多好啊。
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- a fluttering movement摆动, 拍翅:
the flash and flitter of coloured wings.
彩色翅膀的闪光和抖动。
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- (in science fiction) a small personal aircraft(科幻小说用语)小型个人飞行器。
词源
late Middle English: frequentative of FLIT.