flop

英 [fl?p] 美[flɑp]

近義詞fail lose

TEM8中低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?flops;第三人稱單數(shù):?flops;過(guò)去式:?flopped;過(guò)去分詞:?flopped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?flopping;

1、flap + drop.
2. 諧音“飛落撲、飛落噗、飛落拍”。

flop 猛然坐下，失敗

來(lái)自flap拼寫變體，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。

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.

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!

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。

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？

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。

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。