Flounder
['flaʊndə] or ['flaʊndɚ]
解释:
(noun.) any of various European and non-European marine flatfish.
(noun.) flesh of any of various American and European flatfish.
(verb.) behave awkwardly; have difficulties; 'She is floundering in college'.
汉丽埃塔整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.
(n.) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.
(v. i.) To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
(n.) The act of floundering.
手打:肖恩
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.
手打:罗谢尔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Roll, blunder, bungle, boggle, wallow, tumble
ANT:Emerge, flow, course, career, speed, rise, flourish, skim
艾弗里校对
解释:
n. a small flat-fish generally found in the sea near the mouth of rivers.
v.i. to struggle with violent and awkward motion: to stumble helplessly in thinking or speaking.
录入:玛莎
例句:
- Lying on the flat of his back like a drifting old dead flounder, here's your old Bill Barley, bless your eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The pace was suddenly checked, and, with much splashing and floundering, a man's voice called from the mist, Is that the Dover mail? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- The only chance is that, since the best thing won't always do, floundering may answer for once. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A little floundering across the sand, which was heavy, brought me to the door, and I went in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She fell into the pit first, and she floundered deepest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Her question pulled him up with a jerk, and he floundered. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Mr. Franklin shut up ROBINSON CRUSOE, and floundered into his German-English gibberish on the spot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- He floundered in his conversation with the ladies, his neighbours: George's coolness only rendering him more angry. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The ichthyosauri were not proud: they crawled and floundered as we do. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The drives were ill kept, and the neat carriage splashed and floundered in muddy pools along the road. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- They sometimes slipped and floundered for a mile together, and we were obliged to come to a standstill to rest them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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