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

• Well, that cleared that up. Perhaps wisely, press screenings are exempt from any dress code: scruffy journalists are free to ascend the Palais 'steps in flip flops and trainers.
  好了，这下清楚了，媒体放映场没有任何着装要求：着装邋遢的记者们可穿着人字拖与运动鞋随意踏上皇宫广场（Palais）的阶梯。
• 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。
• A swift and reliable means of punishing flops during a game is the only true solution.
  在比赛进行中迅速且准确地惩罚假摔是唯一的正解。
• 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。
• 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。
• Kop flops Andriy Voronin and Ryan Babel could all leave Liverpool next month as Rafa Benitez looks to raise funds in order to strengthen his stuttering squad.
  利物浦失意之人沃罗宁和巴贝尔可能下个月将全部离开利物浦，贝尼特斯希望出售两人筹集资金加强球队。
• Nmax, the matrix size N that gives the highest flops.
  得出最高flop时所使用的矩阵大小N。
• Rpeak, theoretical peak flops.
  flop的理论峰值。
• 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 was dressed in casual clothes in court Tuesday, including flip flops on his feet, the same clothes he was wearing when arrested.
  星期二，他在法庭穿着休闲服装，包括当他被捕时脚上所穿的一双人字拖鞋。