flop

[US]/flɒp/
[UK]/flɑp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. 移動或落下;
n. 失敗
Word Forms
過去式flopped
第三人稱單數flops
過去分詞flopped
現在分詞flopping
複數flops

Phrases & Collocations

fosbury flop

背越式跳高;福斯貝利式跳高

Example Sentences

flop into an armchair

驀地坐到扶手椅上

fall flop into the water

噗通一聲掉到水裏

his flip-flop on taxes.

他在稅收上的政策突變。

I'm going to flop here for the night.

今晚我在這兒過夜。

he did a Garbo after his flop in the play.

他表演失敗後就模仿嘉寶。

I thought I'd sort of flop back and be a vegetable for a bit.

我想我會放緩一點,當一會兒閒人。

The door flip-floped in high wind.

門在大風中搖擺不定。

The get-together was a complete flop and nobody enjoyed it.

"那次聚會是一個徹底的失敗,人人都感到不愉快。"

Real-world Examples

They'll often leap off trees in big belly flops.

它們經常會帶着大肚子從樹上重重地跳下來。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Oh, come on, Dunphy. You know I flopped.

拜託 鄧菲 你明知道我是假摔。

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

It was a flop and shut two years later.

這個舉措很失敗,並在兩年後閉店。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" It was the Canon Cat, and it was a total flop, " Atkinson said.

“就是佳能貓,這是一個徹底的敗筆,”阿特金森說。

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

So, sometimes a movie might get a lot of buzz but then it's a flop.

所以,有時一部電影也許熱度很高,但是之後票房慘淡(flop)。

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

" Urnbridge hates part-humans, " said Hermione bitterly, flopping down into an armchair.

“烏姆裏奇討厭半人類,”赫敏痛苦地說,猛地倒在扶手椅上。

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Yeah. A movie that's a big flop is kind of a disaster for its makers.

一部票房慘淡的電影對於製片人來說無疑是一場災難。

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

Put that on top. Flop it on top!

把它放在最上面。把它放在上面!

Source: Gourmet Base

Okay, flop that, you know what I mean.

好吧,亂說的啦,你知道我的意思。

Source: Celebrity's Daily Meal Plan (Bilingual Selection)

It has consistently flopped as a commercial proposition.

作爲一項商業提議,它屢屢失敗。

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

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