flapping
拍打,拍打声,扇动,拍打的
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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.
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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.
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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
He moved the runoff absentee ballot request to a small check box on the flap, along with other less critical parts that nonetheless are required by law, such as that felony line.
Flatten the fortune teller so the triangular flaps are on top.
For the winter, they are exploring heat lamps and covered tents with flaps — though that risks at least partly defeating the biggest benefit of outdoor dining, creating a semi-closed space.
The “butterfly effect” refers, of course, to chaos theory and a 1972 talk, from Edward Lorenz, on whether the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil could set off a tornado in Texas.
The design features a small flap on each side to hold the filter, which sits next to your face and is prone to bunching, especially when you pull the mask down for a drink.
The figure enters the elevator and is then seen quickly leaving the mall, black cloth flapping behind it.
Or maybe we just need one of those bogus “alien invasions” that Paul Krugman is always flapping his gums about.
Figures in white robes, like night-shirts, flickered through the blue gloom, slippers flapping from heels.
Jar Jar Binks: "a wrist-flapping, deer-faced twit of an alien with the voice of a Jamaican drag-queen."
Wingnuts were flapping their wings when far-left liberals got all misty-eyed talking about “Uncle Joe” Stalin.
But, later, he grew afraid of the shadows of window-curtains and the flapping of doors and the creaking of shutters.
The regular Korean man's hat, with its flapping wings, was next put on, and this part of the ceremony was complete.
She felt her sails flapping about her, but none the less was she determined to reach her goal if she had to get out and swim.
There's Raphael singing, Gabriel accompanying him on the harp, and all the angels flapping their wings to express their joy.
The whole ceiling was covered with glow-worms and light-blue bats that were flapping their thin wings.