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flop

/flop/US // flɒp //UK // (flɒp) //

扑倒,扑向

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v.无主动词 verb
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    flopped, flop·ping.

    • : to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud: The puppy flopped down on the couch.
    • : to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another.
    • : to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.
    • : Informal. to sleep or be lodged: to flop at a friend's house.
    • : to swing loosely; bounce; flap: His long hair flops in his eyes when he runs.
v.有主动词 verb
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    flopped, flop·ping.

    • : to drop with a sudden bump or thud: He flopped his books on a chair.
    • : to dispose in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.
    • : to invert so that the right and left sides are transposed.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act of flopping.
    • : the sound of flopping; a thud.
    • : a failure: The new comedy was a flop.
    • : Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging: The mission offered a flop and a free breakfast.
    • : Basketball. an exaggerated or dramatic fall intended to persuade officials to penalize the opposing team for a foul: His comically oversold flop didn’t fool the referees at all.

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Examples

  • That doesn’t mean the new platforms are a flop — or even that they aren’t great.

  • It was an expensive flop, plagued by delays and quality issues, and the company ended up in bankruptcy.

  • Whether ill-judged or simply ahead of its time, the transition was a resounding flop.

  • The company has been rumored for sometime to be working on a less expensive follow-up to its flop smart speaker, the HomePod.

  • If it’s a flop, we probably will never learn how many people took advantage.

  • When Fernandez got control of AirAsia it had been a limping, government-subsidized flop.

  • Earlier, a two-headed dragon in the Ron Howard flop Willow was known, at least around the set, as the “Ebersisk.”

  • Everyone dressed appropriately and even impeccably—not a flip-flop in sight.

  • In case the film was transposed to 2014, the director believes it would be a guaranteed flop.

  • Not surprisingly, the per diem proposal has been a flop since Moran floated it a few weeks ago.

  • Bud turned his hotcakes with a vicious flop that spattered more batter on the stove.

  • Never a flop of tail to indicate gratitude for blandishments, never the faintest symptom of canine appreciation.

  • One of these days Dan will take a flop and land clean over in the Thatcher camp.

  • She says to tell you it looks at last like our old eagle bird will have a chance to flop its wings in France.

  • Margaret knelt in a soft flop of scented lingerie beside the indignant young thing.