The bird kept fluttering around them.

那鸟继续围着他们拍打着翅膀。

Two little wrens were fluttering around the ball at the top!

两个小鹪鹩在杆顶的圆球边上飞来飞去！

Genius, unexerted, is like the poor moth that flutters around a candle till it scorches itself to death.

自发萌生的天才，有点像追逐火光的可怜飞蛾，它们不停地拍动双翼，直到完全被生生烤焦。

Nothing flew out of them; the sky was empty but for a few distant owls fluttering around the Owlery tower.

不见有东西从里面飞出来，天空中什么也没有，只有几只猫头鹰远远地在猫头鹰棚屋周围盘旋。

Their red flags fluttered restlessly around the brigade building like flames yearning for firewood.

他们的红旗在大队大楼周围不停地飘扬，就像渴望柴火的火焰。

A fly fluttered around the foal, which flustered the foal.

一只苍蝇围着小驹拍翅，使小驹慌张。

One of it's most iconic literary images is that of yellow butterflies fluttering around Mauricio Babilonia, one of the story's main characters.

书中最具标志性的文学形象之一，就是在故事主角之一毛里西奥·巴比洛尼亚周围飞舞的黄色蝴蝶。

As it was Halloween, a cloud of live bats was fluttering around the enchanted ceiling, while hundreds of carved pumpkins leered from every corner.

因为是万圣节，一大群活蝙蝠绕着施了魔法的天花板飞来飞去，同时还有几百只南瓜雕成的小人儿在每个角落里斜眼望着大家。

And the grilles slid open again, admitting a couple of wizards and several pale violet paper airplanes that fluttered around the lamp in the ceiling of the lift.

栅栏再次打开，近来了一对的男巫，而一些浅紫色的纸飞机也进来了，绕着电梯里天花板上的灯飞来飞去。

“Annie, listen to me, not the bird, ” said Jack. The bird kept fluttering around them.

“安妮，听我说，而不是鸟。”杰克说。鸟一直在拍打着翅膀飞舞着。

If you've ever watched a moth flutter clumsily around a light on your porch, the insect might seem like a sad match for a predatory bat.

如果你观察过蛾子绕着你家门廊灯笨拙地盘旋，这种昆虫似乎是捕食者——蝙蝠——可怜的猎物。

A well-dressed American had come in with two women who swooped and fluttered unselfconsciously around a table. Suddenly, he perceived that he was being watched--whereupon his hand rose spasmodically and arranged a phantom bulge in his necktie.

一个衣冠楚楚的美国人带着两个女人走了进来，她们不自觉地围着桌子扑腾扑腾。突然，他意识到自己正在被注视——于是他的手痉挛性地抬起，在领带上捏了一个幻影般的凸起。