flippers

英 [ˈflɪpəz]

美 [ˈflɪpərz]

n.  (海豹、海龟等的)鳍肢，鳍足; (潜水、游泳用的)脚蹼，蛙鞋，鸭脚板，橡皮脚掌
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柯林斯词典

• 脚蹼;橡皮脚掌;鸭脚板
  Flippersare flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on your feet to help you swim more quickly, especially underwater.
• (海豹等的)鳍状肢，鳍足
  Theflippersof an animal that lives in water, for example a seal or a penguin, are the two or four flat limbs which it uses for swimming.

双语例句

• Insulation protects the leatherback everywhere but on its head and flippers.
  隔热层为棱皮龟的全身上下都提供了保护，除了头部和鳍状肢。
• But we want you to slap on your flippers, dive into the controversy, and judge for yourself.
  但是我们想要你拍动身上的潜水脚蹼，潜入这场争论中，自己做出判断。
• Penguins use their wings as flippers.
  企鹅把翅膀当作鳍来使用。
• It burst in 2000, but was soon replaced with another bubble, involving smart "flippers" of properties.
  它于2000年破灭，但很快就被另一场泡沫接替，涉及聪明的“倒腾房地产的人”。
• Pliosaurs are thought to have been ambush predators, using their giant flippers to launch ferocious attacks.
  上龙被认为是一种埋伏型猎食者，使用它们巨大的鳍状肢发动凶猛的进攻。
• Do you rent masks and flippers?
  你出租面罩和蛙鞋吗？
• Then the dolphins perform a private show, showing off there amazing jumps and waving their flippers.
  接着海豚进行了惊人的跳跃，挥舞脚蹼等表演。
• Seals that are weaned and have shed their downy fur are called beaters for the way they beat their flippers on the water.
  断奶后褪去一身绒毛的海豹被称为打手，因其总是在水上拍打它们的鳍状肢。
• Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers.
  几种没有外耳的海豹，有坚硬的发状皮毛，后肢退化为用于游泳的鳍状肢。
• Many first time flippers don't realize this and are surprised when they lose a good portion of their profits in the form of income tax.
  许多第一次潜水不明白这是好的惊奇当他们失去了一部分企业利润的形式所得税。