1 VERB 迅速打开(或关掉)(装置);按(开关) If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly. 迅速打开(或关掉)(装置);按(开关)
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He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away. [V n with on/off]
他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。
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Then he walked out, flipping the lights off. [V n with on/off]
然后他走了出来,把灯关掉了。
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He flipped the timer switch. [VERB noun]
他按了一下定时开关。
SYN flick, switch, snap, click
2 VERB 快速翻阅;浏览 If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents. 快速翻阅;浏览
SYN thumb, leaf, glance, thumb
3 V-ERG (使)移动;(使)转动;(使)翻动 If something flips over, or if you flip it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position. (使)移动;(使)转动;(使)翻动
SYN spin, turn, overturn, turn over
4 VERB (用拇指)弹,抛,掷 If you flip something, especially a coin, you use your thumb to make it turn over and over, as it goes through the air. (用拇指)弹,抛,掷
SYN toss, throw, cast, pitch
5 VERB 突然心烦意乱;勃然大怒 If someone flips, they suddenly become extremely upset or angry because of something that has happened. 突然心烦意乱;勃然大怒 [informal]
6 ADJ-GRADED 轻率的;随便的;不严肃的 If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something. 轻率的;随便的;不严肃的 [disapproval]
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