flop
英 [fl?p]
美 [flɑp]
- vt. 笨拙地拋下；撲通放下；拍（翅）
- vi. 失?。粨渑模粨渫湎拢槐恐氐厮?/li>
- n. 失??；砰然落下；拍擊聲
- adv. 撲通一聲；恰巧
助記提示
1、flap + drop.
2. 諧音“飛落撲、飛落噗、飛落拍”。
中文詞源
flop 猛然坐下，失敗來(lái)自flap拼寫(xiě)變體，飄動(dòng)，翻動(dòng)。字母o較字母a聲音更重，引申詞義猛然坐下，倒地。
英文詞源
- flop (v.)
- c. 1600, "to flap," probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836; that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893. Related: Flopped; flopping.
- flop (n.)
- 1823, "act of flopping; any action that produces the sound 'flop;' the sound itself," from flop (v.). Figurative sense of "a failure; that which is a failure" is by 1893, from the notion of a sudden break-down or collapse. Extended form flopperoo attested from 1936. The Fosbury flop high-jumping technique (1968) is so called in reference to U.S. athlete Dick Fosbury (b.1947), who used it to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Very good use of the term flip - flop, by the way.
- 那一個(gè)立場(chǎng)不堅(jiān)定,經(jīng)常flip -flop 的人可就不能這么說(shuō)咯!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 2. It is the public who decide if a film is a smash or a flop.
- 影片成敗與否取決于公眾。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
- 他當(dāng)時(shí)好像對(duì)自己的決定非?？隙?，現(xiàn)在怎么會(huì)突然有如此巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變呢？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
- 決定一部電影會(huì)走紅還是慘敗的是大眾。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. In the absence of any well-placed pub, this was the perfect spot to flop down for a packed lunch.
- 由于找不到位置合適的酒館，這里就是隨便吃頓盒飯?jiān)俸貌贿^(guò)的地方了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句