flop

英[flɒp] 美[flɑːp]
  • v. 啪嗒啪嗒地动;笨重地摔;猛落;<口>失败
  • n. 砰然落下;<口>失败
  • adv. 噗地一声
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星级词汇:
  • floater n.漂浮者;漂浮物;临时工;非法投票人;公司发起人(复数)floaters:眼中线状物.
Noun:
  1. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;

    "this computer can perform a million flops per second"

  2. someone who is unsuccessful

  3. a complete failure;

    "the play was a dismal flop"

  4. the act of throwing yourself down;

    "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

Adverb:
  1. with a flopping sound;

    "he tumbled flop into the mud"

  2. exactly;

    "he fell flop on his face"

Verb:
  1. fall loosely;

    "He flopped into a chair"

  2. fall suddenly and abruptly

  3. fail utterly; collapse;

    "The project foundered"

1. Very good use of the term flip - flop, by the way.
那一个立场不坚定,经常flip -flop 的人可就不能这么说咯!

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2. It is the public who decide if a film is a smash or a flop.
影片成败与否取决于公众。

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3. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定,现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢?

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4. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
决定一部电影会走红还是惨败的是大众。

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5. In the absence of any well-placed pub, this was the perfect spot to flop down for a packed lunch.
由于找不到位置合适的酒馆,这里就是随便吃顿盒饭再好不过的地方了。

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The pile of books flopped noisily onto the floor.
      那摞书劈里啪啦地散落到地上。
    2. The fish we'd caught flopped around in the bottom of the boat.
      我们捕到的鱼在船底乱蹦。
    3. Exhausted, he flopped down into the nearest chair.
      他累得一下子坐到离他最近的小沙发上。
    4. But in the world's second-largest economy, English-language education has been a flop.
      但是在世界第二大经济国,英语教育则是猛落。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat.
      他们听到邮箱喀嗒一声响,接着就是信件落到门垫子上的声音。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. He fell flop into the water.
      他噗通一声掉到水里。