flit

flit
(flitted, flitting)
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]move swiftly and lightly
    轻快地移动
    small birds flitted about in the branches.
    小鸟在树枝间轻快跳跃。
    the idea had flitted through his mind.
    这想法在他脑海中掠过。
    ■[no obj.](chiefly Scottish & N. English)move house or leave one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations
    (主苏格兰,主北英格兰)(尤指为躲债等暗中)搬家,离家出走
noun
  1. (Brit. informal)an act of moving house or leaving one's home, typically secretly so as to escape creditors or obligations
    (英,非正式)(尤指为躲债等暗中进行的)搬家,离家出走
    moonlight flits from one insalubrious dwelling to another.
    从一个不利于健康的居处到另一个居处的秘密转移。
语源
  1. Middle English (in the Scots and northern English sense): from Old Norse flytja; related to fleet
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