flop

• vt. 笨拙地拋下；撲通放下；拍（翅）
• vi. 失敗；撲拍；撲通落下；笨重地摔
• n. 失敗；砰然落下；拍擊聲
• adv. 撲通一聲；恰巧

來自flap拚寫變體，飄動，翻動。字母o較字母a聲音更重，引申詞義猛然坐下，倒地。

flop (v.)

c. 1600, "to flap," probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836; that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893. Related: Flopped; flopping.

flop (n.)

1823, "act of flopping; any action that produces the sound 'flop;' the sound itself," from flop (v.). Figurative sense of "a failure; that which is a failure" is by 1893, from the notion of a sudden break-down or collapse. Extended form flopperoo attested from 1936. The Fosbury flop high-jumping technique (1968) is so called in reference to U.S. athlete Dick Fosbury (b.1947), who used it to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal.

1. Very good use of the term flip - flop, by the way.

那一個立場不堅定,經常flip -flop 的人可就不能這麽說咯!

來自互聯網

2. It is the public who decide if a film is a smash or a flop.

影片成敗與否取決於公眾。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?

他當時好像對自己的決定非常肯定，現在怎麽會突然有如此巨大的轉變呢？

來自柯林斯例句

4. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.

決定一部電影會走紅還是慘敗的是大眾。

來自柯林斯例句

5. In the absence of any well-placed pub, this was the perfect spot to flop down for a packed lunch.

由於找不到位置合適的酒館，這裏就是隨便吃頓盒飯再好不過的地方了。

來自柯林斯例句