A-flutter
a. 飘扬的；激动的\\nadv. 飘扬
🧩 词语组成解析
flutter
['flʌtɚ]
vi. 飘动;鼓翼;
vt.& vi. 振翼，拍翅膀;烦扰，坐立不安;（旗帜）飘扬;
n. 紧张，激动不安;颤振;飘扬;（身体部分的）病态阵跳;
flutt+er(动词后缀)→摆动；鼓翼
🗣️ 情景例句
When will this time draft fall due?
期票什么时候到期？
How many sisters and brothers do you have?
你有几个姊妹和兄弟？
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。