Flounder

['flaʊndə] or ['flaʊndɚ]

解釋/意思:

(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

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.

手打:罗谢尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Roll, blunder, bungle, boggle, wallow, tumble

ANT:Emerge, flow, course, career, speed, rise, flourish, skim

艾弗里校對

解釋/意思:

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.

錄入:玛莎