butterfly kissとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

butterfly kiss (複数形 butterfly kisses)

1. Fluttering one's eyelashes against someone's skin.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

     She worked her eyelashes and made butterfly kisses on my cheeks.

   • 2003, Jennifer J. Rombalski, A Personal Journey in Understanding Physical Touch as a Nursing Intervention, Journal of Holistic Nursing, March 2003, vol. 21, no. 1, (page 80)

     One of these was the butterfly kiss, given by fluttering the eyelashes against the skin of the recipient.

2. A very light kiss.
   • 2005, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Turing: A Novel about Computation, page 6:

     Alexandros kisses her goodbye, a butterfly kiss on the lips, Aloé kisses her the same way. Beautiful child, Ethel thinks. Goodbye, Alexandros.

   • 2009, Ivey Nance, There's Trouble Brewing, page 5:

     Then he felt a butterfly kiss settle upon his cheek.