no obj., with adverbial of direction
- go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner(不耐烦或生气地)急走, 急动, 猛冲:
he stood up in a fury and flounced out.
他气得一跃而起, 冲了出去。
in sing.
- an exaggerated action intended to express one's annoyance or impatience暴跳, 怒冲冲(表达气愤或不耐烦的夸张动作):
she left the room with a flounce.
她怒气冲冲地离开了房间。
词源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa 'hurry', or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce.
- a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill(衣裙的)荷叶边; 皱边。
派生词
flouncy
adjective词源
early 18th cent.: from an alteration of obsolete frounce 'a fold or pleat', from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; related to RUCK2.