單詞
flip-flop
英 ['flipfl?p]
美
基本信息
- n. [電子] 觸發(fā)器；啪嗒啪嗒的響聲；向后翻的筋斗
- vt. 使翻轉(zhuǎn)；使突然轉(zhuǎn)變
- vi. 作后手翻；突然改變；啪嗒啪嗒地動(dòng)
- adj. 后手翻的；突然改變的
- adv. 啪嗒啪嗒響著
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?flip-flops;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?flip-flops;過(guò)去式:?flip-flopped;過(guò)去分詞:?flip-flopped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?flip-flopping;
助記提示
1. also flip flop, "thong sandal," by 1972, imitative of the sound of walking in them (flip-flap had been used in various echoic senses, mostly echoic, since 1520s); sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900.
2. 受flip的影響，由此含有突然、快速翻轉(zhuǎn)、翻動(dòng)之意，以及由此的引申義。
3. 其雙穩(wěn)態(tài)電路、觸發(fā)器之意是受模擬的“啪嗒啪嗒”聲中，穩(wěn)定、重復(fù)的啪和嗒兩種的聲音而引申來(lái)的。
4. flip-flop本身就是兩個(gè)單詞合在一起，模擬兩種狀態(tài)、兩種聲音的。
2. 受flip的影響，由此含有突然、快速翻轉(zhuǎn)、翻動(dòng)之意，以及由此的引申義。
3. 其雙穩(wěn)態(tài)電路、觸發(fā)器之意是受模擬的“啪嗒啪嗒”聲中，穩(wěn)定、重復(fù)的啪和嗒兩種的聲音而引申來(lái)的。
4. flip-flop本身就是兩個(gè)單詞合在一起，模擬兩種狀態(tài)、兩種聲音的。
英文詞源
- flip-flop (n.)
- also flip flop, "plastic thong beach sandal," by 1970, imitative of the sound of walking in them. Flip-flap had been used in various senses, mostly echoic or imitative of a kind of loose flapping movement, since 1520s:
Flip-flaps, a peculiar rollicking dance indulged in by costermongers, better described as the double shuffle; originally a kind of somersault. [Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1864]
Flip-flop in the general sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900; it began to be used in electronics in the 1930s in reference to switching circuits that alternate between two states. As a verb by 1897. Flop (n.) in the sense "a turn-round, especially in politics" is from 1880.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
- 這本書(shū)的筆調(diào)有些時(shí)候太不嚴(yán)肅了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.
- 貿(mào)易赤字是經(jīng)濟(jì)快速發(fā)展帶來(lái)的負(fù)面產(chǎn)物。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.
- 他開(kāi)出兩個(gè)街區(qū)后才打開(kāi)車(chē)頭燈。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
- 總統(tǒng)在稅收問(wèn)題上的一再反復(fù)使他顯得優(yōu)柔寡斷。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues.
- 他因?yàn)樵趲讉€(gè)關(guān)鍵問(wèn)題上臨場(chǎng)變卦而備受批評(píng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
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