
n.拍打;拍打聲;片狀垂懸物;副翼;不安
v.拍打;鼓翼而飛
A flap from the tail of the whale upset the boat. 鯨尾輕輕一拍便把小船打翻了。
I licked the flap of the envelope and sealed it. 我舔了舔信封蓋口,把它封好。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)I flap the flies away but soon they fly back. 我把蒼蠅趕走,但一會(huì)兒又飛回來了。
The curtains were flapping at the open window. 窗簾在敞開的窗戶前擺動(dòng)。
A dusky tumult would flap its wings from one house to another. 一陣破曉時(shí)的喧鬧將從一家飛到另一家。
flap的基本意思是使某事物上下或左右地移動(dòng),也可指人以軟而平之物輕輕拍打某物,還可指旗幟等飄動(dòng)、擺動(dòng),還常用于鳥類振翅飛行。引申可表示“講蠢話”“亂吹”,俚語里還可表示“激動(dòng)起來”“被搞糊涂”。
flap可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),跟簡單賓語。
flap的過去式和過去分詞是flapped。