【but音标】 英[bʌt,bət] 美[bʌt,bət]
【单词释义】 but是什么意思：
conj.但是；而是；除了；只因为
prep.除…以外
adv.只；不过；只是；另一方面
n.借口；推辞；但是；反对
pron.[关系代词，意义相当于 who…not, which…not]
vt.对…说“但是”
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] buts
【but形近词/近似词】
gut n.肠胃；肠道；消化道；内脏 adj.本能的，直觉的 vt.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部；取出…的内脏
cut v. 割；切；砍；削；剪 n. 伤口；切口
nut n.坚果
shut v. 关闭，关上，合上；停止营业；禁止通行
put vt.放；安置
hut n.小屋；棚屋 v.供给……小屋；使住临时营房
【常用短语】
last but not least 最后但同样重要的是,最后但并非最不重要
【单词例句】
◇ Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next.
从前有个可爱的小姑娘，谁见了都喜欢，但最喜欢她的是她的奶奶，简直是她要甚么就给她甚么。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ There once lived a cute lovable girl named Cinderella. But one day a misfortune came upon her. Cinderella's mother was ill and soon died. Every day Cinderella cried so sadly.
很久以前，有一个可爱的小女孩名叫灰姑娘。但有一天，不幸降临在她身上。灰姑娘的母亲病了，很快便去世了。灰姑娘每天都哭得很伤心。
---- Cinderella
◇ He did not know what the birds were or where’d they flew. But all the same, he was more drawn towards them than he had ever been by any creatures before.
他不知道那些鸟儿的名字，也不知道他们要飞去什么地方。不过他爱他们，好像他从来还没有爱过什么东西似的。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were very large, so large, indeed, that they had belonged to her mother, and the poor little creature had lost them in running across the street to avoid two carriages that were rolling along at a terrible rate.
当她离家出门的时候，脚上的确穿着一双拖鞋的，但是那是一双相当大的拖鞋 —— 的确太大了，那是她妈妈以前穿的。这可怜的小家伙在匆忙横穿马路的时候，两辆马车飞快地闯过来，吓得她把拖鞋跑丢了。
◇ Alice was beginning to get very bored.She and her sister were sitting under the trees.Her sister was reading,but Alice had nothing to do.Once or twice she looked into her sister's book,but it had no pictures or conversations in it.
爱丽丝开始觉得有点无聊了。她和姐姐正坐在树下。姐姐在看书，而爱丽丝无事可做。她不时看看姐姐的书，里面既没有图画，也没有对话。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ But the Queen was very ill, and after some days she died. Snow-white lived, and was a very happy and beautiful child.
但是，王后得了重病，几天以后就去世了。白雪公主活了下来，她是一个十分幸福和美丽的孩子。
---- Snow White
◇ Brushing your teeth effectively lowers your chances of getting a host of chronic diseases, as well as keeping your teeth and gums healthy. But the majority of us are doing it wrong.
有效刷牙可以大大降低患上多种慢性疾病的风险，同时也能保持牙齿和牙龈的健康。但我们大多数人刷牙的方式都是错误的。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上，正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多，选择很不容易。
---- The Butterfly
◇ After eleven days had passed, and it was Benjamin's turn, he saw that a flag had been raised. It was not the white one, but instead the red blood-flag, decreeing that they all were to die.
十一天过去了，轮到便雅明放哨。他看到高塔上升起了一面旗子，可这旗子不是白色的，而是血红色的，这意味着他们只有死路一条。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The princess followed it with her eyes, but soon it disappeared. The water was very deep and she could not see the bottom.
公主的眼光追随着它，不久它就消失了。水非常深，她见不到底。
---- The Frog Prince