Flounce
[flaʊns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions.
(verb.) walk emphatically.
手打:胡里奥--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure.
(n.) The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
(n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.
(v. t.) To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.
埃迪校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (as an animal in a passion).[2]. Flounder, toss about.
n. [1]. Jerk, throe, spring.[2]. Frill (on a gown, &c.), furbelow.
阿蒂整理
同義詞及反義詞:
[See FLAUNT]
編輯:奥马尔
解釋/意思:
n. a plaited strip sewed to the skirt of a dress.—v.t. to furnish with flounces.—n. Floun′cing material for flounces.
v.i. to move abruptly or impatiently—n. an impatient gesture.
安东錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Twice she reappeared at intervals of a few minutes and each time she said-- Not any flounce into the pond yet, little man? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- And if you hear a frog jump into the pond with a flounce like a stone thrown in, be sure you run and tell me, because it is a sign of rain. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The stone fell with a flounce, but no Wildeve appeared on the other side, as on a previous occasion there. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Their female costume became astonishingly modern in style; their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Thus saying, Mr. Bumble put on his cocked hat wrong side first, in a fever of parochial excitement; and flounced out of the shop. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Look, how muddy his horse is, flouncing about in the swamp; the dogs, too, look rather crestfallen. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,' said the Irrepressible, flouncing at her father in handing him the evidence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Have a little drop, do'ee now, Mrs. Raggles, the cook was saying as Becky entered, the white cashmere dressing-gown flouncing around her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
整理:薇尔玛