flutter是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为v. /n. 振翼; 颤动, (心脏) 不规则跳动,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They used to flutter at her window just like little birds, calling out: 'Nous t'aimons, Marie!'
-- Around him all was quiet; only the flutter and whisper of the leaves broke the silence, but broke it only to cause it to appear yet more deep and still.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Dear, dear, what a place it looked, that Astley's; with all the paint, gilding, and looking-glass; the vague smell of horses suggestive of coming wonders; the curtain that hid such gorgeous mysteries; the clean white sawdust down in the circus; the company coming in and taking their places; the fiddlers looking carelessly up at them while they tuned their instruments, as if they didn't want the play to begin, and knew it all beforehand!What a glow was that, which burst upon them all, when that long, clear, brilliant row of lights came slowly up; and what the feverish excitement when the little bell rang and the music began in good earnest, with strong parts for the drums, and sweet effects for the triangles!Well might Barbara's mother say to Kit's mother that the gallery was the place to see from, and wonder it wasn't much dearer than the boxes; well might Barbara feel doubtful whether to laugh or cry, in her flutter of delight.
-- She took a Bible from the shelf, and read; then, laying it down, thought of the summer days and the bright springtime that would come of the rays of sun that would fall in aslant, upon the sleeping forms of the leaves that would flutter at the window, and play in glistening shadows on the pavement of the songs of birds, and growth of buds and blossoms out of doors of the sweet air, that would steal in, and gently wave the tattered banners overhead.
-- As carrier-pigeons, on being first let loose in a strange place, beat the air at random for a short time before darting off towards the spot for which they are designed, so did the Marchioness flutter round and round until she believed herself in safety, and then bear swiftly down upon the port for which she was bound.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It rose with a flutter of its wings, and flew past the very ear of the prisoner, fanning her face with its wings.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Another pause, and then, not a quarter of a mile in front of me, I beheld the Union Jack flutter in the air above a wood.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- At length Lord Decimus, with a coffee-cup in his hand, began to hover about among the pictures, and to cause an interesting speculation to arise in all minds as to the probabilities of his ceasing to hover, and enabling the smaller birds to flutter up-stairs; which could not be done until he had urged his noble pinions in that direction.
-- He did not go without being congratulated by Amy, as well as she could discharge that office in the flutter and distress of her spirits.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Laurie was in a flutter of excitement at the idea of having company, and flew about to get ready, for as Mrs. March said, he was 'a little gentleman'.
-- Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspense.
-- Jo bore up very well till the last flutter of blue ribbon vanished, when she retired to her refuge, the garret, and cried till she couldn't cry any more.
-- But owing to the flutter she was in, everything went amiss.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Matters being thus amicably and satisfactorily arranged, the contract was solemnly ratified in another teacupful of the peppermint mixture; which was rendered the more necessary, by the flutter and agitation of the lady's spirits.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Her spirits still continued very high; but there was a flutter in them which prevented their giving much pleasure to her sister, and this agitation increased as the evening drew on.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The flutter of an eyelash would have brought her a companion.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- We skipped out and looked; but it warn't nothing but the flutter of a steamboat's wheel away down, coming around the point; so we come back.
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