Flap

[flæp]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; 'he wrote on the flap of the envelope'.

(noun.) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag.

(noun.) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body.

(noun.) the motion made by flapping up and down.

(verb.) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.

(verb.) move noisily; 'flags flapped in the strong wind'.

赛勒斯錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

(v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

(v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.

(v.) A disease in the lips of horses.

(n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.

(n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.

(v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

(v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

贝拉編輯

解釋/意思:

n. the blow or motion of a broad loose object: anything broad and flexible hanging loose as the tail of a coat: a portion of skin or flesh detached from the underlying part for covering and growing over the end of an amputated limb.—v.t. to beat or move with a flap.—v.i. to move as wings: to hang like a flap:—pr.p. flap′ping; pa.p. flapped.—ns. Flap′doodle the food of fools: transparent nonsense gross flattery &c.; Flap′-drag′on a play in which small edibles as raisins are snatched from burning brandy and swallowed.—v.t. (Shak.) to swallow or devour as in flap-dragon.—adj. Flap′-eared (Shak.) having ears hanging like a flap.—n. Flap′-jack (Shak.) a kind of broad flat pancake.—adj. Flap′-mouthed.—n. Flap′per.

校對:鲁珀特