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

• 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。
• Power to computing can be measured in terms of a typical performance metric per Watt& for example, FLOPS/ Watt or input/ output per second/ Watt for computing and I/ O, respectively.
  计算功率可采用标准的每瓦特性能形式来度量&例如，FLOPS/Watt或分别用于计算和I/O的每秒/瓦特输入/输出。
• He can't swim much, he just flops about in the water.
  他不大会游泳，只能在水中乱扑打。
• Both in the US and Shanghai, sandals and flip flops are popular summer footwear for males and females.
  夏季的男女，不管在美国还是在上海，凉鞋和夹趾拖鞋都很流行。
• 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。
• A big part of the answer is that trying to create something truly new means generating lots and lots of ideas, with the understanding that most of them are going to be flops.
  很大程度上是因为：创造某种全新的东西意味着需要想出许许多多的点子，同时明知其中绝大多数都将归于失败。
• The People magazine special issue also looked at some of the fashion flops of2009.
  本期《人物》特刊还回顾了2009年的时尚败笔。
• When the hat has been poured full, he flops it over to fill the other side.
  当帽子被灌满后，他又将帽子翻过来再灌。
• 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。
• In other words, they were flops.
  换句话说，它们失败了。