flutter the dovecote

短语

发音

UK /ˌflʌtə ðə ˈdʌvkɒt/
US /ˌflʌtɚ ðə ˈdʌvkɑt/
US /-ɾɚ-/

词形变化

fluttered the dovecote fluttering the dovecote flutters the dovecote 三单 flutters the dovecote fluttering the dovecote 现在分词 fluttered the dovecote 过去式 fluttered the dovecote 过去分词

别名

flutter the dovecots flutter the dovecot flutter the dovecotes

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To create a disturbance, usually within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited.

    习语

词源

Possibly from Coriolanus (written c. 1608–1609; published 1623) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Act V, scene vi (spelling modernized): “[L]ike an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volcians in Corioles.”

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