flopping

英 [ˈflɒpɪŋ]

美 [ˈflɑːpɪŋ]

v.  (因疲惫而)猛然坐下，沉重地躺下; (沉重、笨拙或不自主地)落下，移动，悬挂; 砸锅; 完全失败
flop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛然坐下;重重地坐下
  If youflopinto a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
  1. Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
     邦伯里重重地倒在了床上，让他疲惫的双脚休息一下。
  2. She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
     她精疲力竭，一屁股坐在沙发上。
• VERB 凌乱地垂下;猛落下
  If somethingflopsonto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
  1. The briefcase flopped onto the desk...
     公文包重重地落在桌上。
  2. His hair flopped over his left eye.
     他的头发凌乱地垂在左眼前。
• N-COUNT 彻底失败;惨败
  If something is aflop, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. 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。
• VERB 彻底失败;惨败
  If somethingflops, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. The film flopped badly at the box office.
     这部电影票房惨淡。

双语例句

• Rather than beating about the bush, the fall of the dendrite in the matter of flopping about.
  而不是拖泥带水，陷落在无关紧要的枝蔓中扑腾。
• The fish we had caught were flopping about in the bottom of the boat.
  我们捉到的那些鱼在船底无可奈何地跳动着。
• A number of fish were flopping on the deck.
  数条鱼在甲板上啪啪乱跳。
• The fish are still flopping about.
  鱼还在扑腾。
• According to a Japanese proverb, if water is too clean no fish can live in it. If Japan wants to carry on flopping around in clean, empty water, Mr Kan is the man.
  日本谚语有云，水至清则无鱼。如果日本想在至清无鱼的水里扑腾，则菅直人较为合适。
• "I think the league has gone soft over the last few years and they've got to do something about all of the flopping," O'Neal said.
  我想最近几年的比赛变软了，联盟现在该对所有假摔行径采取行动了。
• Another possible reason for drafting tough new green policies is that current ones are flopping.
  制定严厉环保新政策另一个可能的原因是当前的政策渐渐失效了。
• Though most athletes were utterly exhausted by the decathlon alone, Thorpe breezed through both events, his dark hair flopping, his smile flashing, his muscled body gliding along the track.
  大多数运动员参加十项全能一项就筋疲力尽了，而索普却轻松自如地赛完两项。他一头黑发打颤着，脸上闪烁着微笑，肌肉强健的身体掠过跑道。
• The league is using this season as a case study trying to determine how often flopping occurs in a game.
  联盟正在用这个赛季作为研究样本来测定每场比赛假摔的发生频率。
• The fish were still flopping about on the bank.
  鱼还在岸上扑扑地跳动着。