flip
英 [flɪp]
美 [flɪp]
- vt. 擲；輕擊
- vi. 用指輕彈；蹦跳
- adj. 無禮的；輕率的
- n. 彈；筋鬥
助記提示
1. imitative or else a contraction of fillip, which also is held to be imitative.
2. Meaning "to flip a coin" (to decide something) is by 1879.
3. => 輕彈、輕打、輕擊、輕拋。
4. => 快速地翻轉、翻動、翻閱、以及各種快速的動。
5. => 精神失常、失去理智、發瘋、發狂、變得狂熱、欣喜若狂。
6. => 飲料酒、混合甜酒。
7. => 無禮的、輕率的、油腔滑調的。
8. flip the page to …
9. 諧音“非禮拍”-----沒有禮貌地拍她。
中文詞源
flip 快速翻轉，翻動，輕率的，魯莽的來自輔音叢bl, fl, 折騰，拍打，擬聲詞，詞源同flap, flag,flick. 引申各相關詞義。
英文詞源
- flip (v.)
- 1590s "to fillip, to toss with the thumb," imitative, or perhaps a thinned form of flap, or else a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Meaning "toss as though with the thumb" is from 1610s. Meaning "to flip a coin" (to decide something) is by 1879. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip (one's) lid "lose one's head, go wild" is from 1949, American English; variant flip (one's) wig attested by 1952, but the image turns up earlier in popular record reviews ["Talking Boogie. Not quite as wig-flipping as reverse side--but a wig-flipper" Billboard, Sept. 17, 1949]. Related: Flipped. Flipping (adj.) as euphemism for fucking is British slang first recorded 1911 in D.H. Lawrence. Flip side (of a gramophone record) is by 1949.
- flip (n.2)
- sailors' hot drink usually containing beer, brandy and sugar, 1690s, from flip (v.); so called from notion of it being "whipped up" or beaten.
- flip (adj.)
- "talkative and disrespectfully smart," see flippant.
- flip (n.1)
- 1690s, "a flick, a snap;" see flip (v.). In reference to an overturning of the body, probably short for flip-flap (see flip-flop) "somersault in which the performer throws himself over on hands and feet alternately," 1670s, originally a move in (male) dancing.
雙語例句
- 1. The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
- 這本書的筆調有些時候太不嚴肅了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.
- 貿易赤字是經濟快速發展帶來的負麵產物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.
- 他開出兩個街區後才打開車頭燈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
- 總統在稅收問題上的一再反複使他顯得優柔寡斷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues.
- 他因為在幾個關鍵問題上臨場變卦而備受批評。
來自柯林斯例句