flops

英 [flɒps]

美 [flɑːps]

v.  (因疲惫而)猛然坐下，沉重地躺下; (沉重、笨拙或不自主地)落下，移动，悬挂; 砸锅; 完全失败
n.  (电影、戏剧、聚会等)失败，不成功
flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛然坐下;重重地坐下
  If youflopinto a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
  1. Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
     邦伯里重重地倒在了床上，让他疲惫的双脚休息一下。
  2. She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
     她精疲力竭，一屁股坐在沙发上。
• VERB 凌乱地垂下;猛落下
  If somethingflopsonto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
  1. The briefcase flopped onto the desk...
     公文包重重地落在桌上。
  2. His hair flopped over his left eye.
     他的头发凌乱地垂在左眼前。
• N-COUNT 彻底失败;惨败
  If something is aflop, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
     决定一部电影会走红还是惨败的是大众。
• VERB 彻底失败;惨败
  If somethingflops, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. The film flopped badly at the box office.
     这部电影票房惨淡。

双语例句

• Lemme jump in right at that point because we know that both adults and kids especially tend to wear these kinds of shoes, Crocs, flip flops, Uggs, whatever.
  我们就来谈谈这一点，因为我们知道成人和孩子都特别喜欢穿这种鞋子，卡骆驰鞋、人字拖、乌戈牌拖鞋，诸如此类。
• A swift and reliable means of punishing flops during a game is the only true solution.
  在比赛进行中迅速且准确地惩罚假摔是唯一的正解。
• That's why there are six big studios: Smaller ventures that lack a reservoir of films have trouble surviving flops.
  这就是为何现在有六大电影公司：缺少电影库存的小公司是无法在危机中存活下来的。
• Meanwhile, players perform the'archer's bow'pose in28% of flops, which is when they bend backwards and throw their arms in the air when they're hit in order to gain a referee's attention.
  与此同时，28%的假摔中，球员会摆出“射手之弓”的姿势，即被踢中时身体后弯、双手向空中摆动以引起裁判员的注意。
• In other words, they were flops.
  换句话说，它们失败了。
• Making it cheaper to develop a broader range of models means being less vulnerable to flops.
  以更低廉的成本开发更广泛的产品，意味着降低了企业遭受重挫的可能性。
• Kop flops Andriy Voronin and Ryan Babel could all leave Liverpool next month as Rafa Benitez looks to raise funds in order to strengthen his stuttering squad.
  利物浦失意之人沃罗宁和巴贝尔可能下个月将全部离开利物浦，贝尼特斯希望出售两人筹集资金加强球队。
• He may not like it, but Comolli knows it's the fate of the sporting director to be remembered for his flops.
  他可能并不喜欢，但是科莫里明白体育总监的命运-总会因为那些失败的收购而被人记住。
• He was dressed in casual clothes in court Tuesday, including flip flops on his feet, the same clothes he was wearing when arrested.
  星期二，他在法庭穿着休闲服装，包括当他被捕时脚上所穿的一双人字拖鞋。
• So, when a book with a large print run flops, publishers end up with an expensive pile of recycling.
  所以当一本印数巨大的书滞销时，出版商只能会花巨资回收。