flop
verb/flɒp/
/flɑːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flop | /flɒp/ /flɑːp/ |
| he / she / it flops | /flɒps/ /flɑːps/ |
| past simple flopped | /flɒpt/ /flɑːpt/ |
| past participle flopped | /flɒpt/ /flɑːpt/ |
| -ing form flopping | /ˈflɒpɪŋ/ /ˈflɑːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to sit or lie down in a heavy and sudden way because you are very tired
（因疲惫而）猛然坐下，沉重地躺下 - flop (down/back) into/on something Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair.
他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。 - flop down/back The young man flopped back, unconscious.
那年轻人仰面倒下，不省人事。
- flop (down/back) into/on something Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to fall, move or hang in a heavy way, without control
（沉重、不受控制地）落下，移动，悬挂 - Her hair flopped over her eyes.
她的头发耷拉下来遮住了眼睛。 - The fish were flopping around in the bottom of the boat.
鱼在船底扑腾。
- Her hair flopped over her eyes.
- [intransitive] (informal) to be a complete failure
砸锅；完全失败 - The play flopped on Broadway.
这出戏在百老汇砸了锅。 - England flopped in the European Championship.
英格兰队在欧洲杯上惨遭失败。 - Many of his ambitious schemes have flopped in the past.
过去他的许多雄心大计都失败了。
see also flip-flop - The play flopped on Broadway.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: variant of flap.