蝴蝶用英文表示为butterfly，其英式读音为[ˈbʌtəflaɪ]，美式读音为[ˈbʌtərflaɪ]。butterfly可作名词和动词两种词性，作为名词时，中文含义为“蝴蝶、蝶泳”；作为动词时，中文翻译为“切开摊平”。
butterfly的含义及双语例句
1、作为名词，意为蝴蝶;蝶泳。
例句：She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.
她像一只蝴蝶，每天在人前人后飞来飞去。
She was third in the 200m butterfly .
她获得200米蝶泳比赛的第三名。
The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶。
My garden was covered with so many butterflies that I could hardly see the flowers.
我的花园里飞舞着很多蝴蝶，我几乎看不见花了。
Two boys were chasing butterflies in a beautiful meadow.
两个小男孩在美丽的草地上追逐蝴蝶。
Mary tried to catch the butterfly, but it got away from her.
玛丽想捉住那只蝴蝶，它却飞走了。
There are some butterfly specimens in the museum.
那家博物馆里有一些蝴蝶标本。
The butterfly turn, you want to come straight into the wall.
做蝶泳转身时，你要径直游向池壁。
For the butterfly, break out from the turn the same way you would off the start.
对于蝶泳来讲，转身后出水动作应该于出发时相同。
2、作为动词，意为切开摊平。
