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flap

/flap/US // flæp //UK // (flæp) //

扇动,扑打,扑腾,扇形

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v.无主动词 verb
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    flapped, flap·ping.

    • : to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
    • : to move up and down, as wings; flap the wings, or make similar movements.
    • : to strike a blow with something broad and flexible.
    • : Slang. to become excited or confused, especially under stress: a seasoned diplomat who doesn't flap easily.
v.有主动词 verb
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    flapped, flap·ping.

    • : to move up and down.
    • : to cause to swing or sway loosely, especially with noise.
    • : to strike with something broad and flat.
    • : to toss, fold, shut, etc., smartly, roughly, or noisily.
    • : Phonetics. to pronounce with articulation resembling that of a flap:The British often flap their r's.
n.名词 noun
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    • : something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening: the flap of an envelope; the flap of a pocket.
    • : either of the two segments of a book jacket folding under the book's front and back covers.
    • : one leaf of a folding door, shutter, or the like.
    • : a flapping motion.
    • : the noise produced by something that flaps.
    • : a blow given with something broad and flat.
    • : Slang. a state of nervous excitement, commotion, or disorganization.an emergency situation.scandal; trouble.
    • : Surgery. a portion of skin or flesh that is partially separated from the body and may subsequently be transposed by grafting.
    • : Aeronautics. a movable surface used for increasing the lift or drag of an airplane.
    • : Phonetics. a rapid flip of the tongue tip against the upper teeth or alveolar ridge, as in the r-sound in a common British pronunciation of very, or the t-sound in the common American pronunciation of water.a trill.a flipping out of the lower lip from a position of pressure against the upper teeth so as to produce an audible pop, as in emphatic utterances containing f-sounds or v-sounds.
    • : Building Trades. Also called back·flap hinge [bak-flap hinj], /ˈbækˌflæp ˈhɪndʒ/, flap hinge .a hinge having a strap or plate for screwing to the face of a door, shutter, or the like.one leaf of a hinge.

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Examples

  • You can wear them as mittens when it’s excruciatingly cold, and if you need to use your fingers, one tuck of a flap or pull of a zipper can turn them into fingerless gloves.

  • That’s right, we’re talking ear flaps also known as trapper hats.

  • “It sounds like a sharp thunderclap,” said Darden, who published more than 50 papers on high-lift wing design in supersonic flow, flap design and sonic boom prediction and minimization.

  • Beanies and hats with ear flaps always ride up, especially under my helmet.

  • We can see in the videos released by SpaceX that the flaps are under good control.

  • My editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”

  • Yet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.

  • If you flap your arms hard enough, a pair of vast feathered wings appears to grow out from your shoulders.

  • Take my former boss, Mitt Romney, and the flap over a Jeep plant in Ohio.

  • Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.

  • He shifted across to the mouth of the tent and raised the flap, fastening it against the pole so that he could see out.

  • "That's the wind rising," whispered the clergyman, and pulled the flap open as far as it would go.

  • And as I watched the canvas shake and heard it boom and flap I heartily welcomed it.

  • The flap was wide open and any ordinary animal would have been out and away without the least trouble.

  • Mother thinks a dash-churn, stand and flap the dasher straight up and down till your arms and legs give out, is the best kind.