flops

英 [flɒps]

美 [flɑːps]

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
n.  (电影、戏剧、聚会等)失败，不成功
flop的第三人称单数和复数

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

• The People magazine special issue also looked at some of the fashion flops of2009.
  本期《人物》特刊还回顾了2009年的时尚败笔。
• Marry is out in the pasture gathering cow flops for her garden.
  玛丽正在牧场上拾牛粪，作花园肥料用。
• Making it cheaper to develop a broader range of models means being less vulnerable to flops.
  以更低廉的成本开发更广泛的产品，意味着降低了企业遭受重挫的可能性。
• A big part of the answer is that trying to create something truly new means generating lots and lots of ideas, with the understanding that most of them are going to be flops.
  很大程度上是因为：创造某种全新的东西意味着需要想出许许多多的点子，同时明知其中绝大多数都将归于失败。
• He says suddenly, grabbing at the broken elastic that is supposed to mark the page in my notebook but instead flops around like a misplaced bookmark.
  他突然说道，一手抓住我用来标识笔记本页码的断橡皮筋，这玩意儿看来就像用错了地方的书签。
• Every muddy step would suck the flip flops off your feet!
  每一个泥泞的步骤将吸触发器把你的脚！
• Some quipped that someone should forward the memo to all the foreigners arriving in sweat pants and flip flops.
  一些人嘲弄说，应该把这个小册子转发给所有穿着运动裤和人字拖来北京的外国人。
• Both in the US and Shanghai, sandals and flip flops are popular summer footwear for males and females.
  夏季的男女，不管在美国还是在上海，凉鞋和夹趾拖鞋都很流行。
• Rpeak, theoretical peak flops.
  flop的理论峰值。
• Meanwhile, players perform the'archer's bow'pose in28% of flops, which is when they bend backwards and throw their arms in the air when they're hit in order to gain a referee's attention.
  与此同时，28%的假摔中，球员会摆出“射手之弓”的姿势，即被踢中时身体后弯、双手向空中摆动以引起裁判员的注意。