flit
v
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1 [Ipr, Ip] fly or move lightly and quickly from one place to another 輕快地從一處飛到另一處; 掠過
bees flitting (about) from flower to flower 在花叢中飛來飛去的蜜蜂
He flits from one thing to another, ie does not deal with anything seriously. 他做事總是三心二意.
(fig 比喻) A thought flitted through my mind, ie came suddenly but then quickly disappeared. 在我頭腦中有一閃念.
2 [I] (Brit infml 口) move about from one house to another; move from one's home secretly ,esp in order to avoid paying debts, etc 頻繁搬遷; 秘密離家(尤指為躲債等). flit, n (Brit infml 口) act of flitting (flit 2) (used esp in the expression shown) (為躲債等)搬家, 離家(尤用於以下示例)
do a (moonlight) flit (在夜半)秘密搬家.