no obj.
1- struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in mud or water（在泥或水中）无助（或笨拙）地挣扎, 蹒跚：
he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters.
他在近岸浅水中挣扎。
1.1
- figurative struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion〈喻〉思绪紊乱; 心乱如麻：
he floundered, not knowing quite what to say.
他的脑子很乱, 不知该说什么才好。
1.2
- figurative be in serious difficulty〈喻〉陷入严重困难：
many firms are floundering.
许多公司目前困难重重。
派生词
flounderer
noun词源
1
- a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water鲆, 鲽。
1.1
- Families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae: several species, in particular the edible Platichthys flesus of European waters.鲽科和鲆科：数种, 尤指欧洲水域中可食用的川鲽。
1.2
flounders
a collective term for flatfishes other than soles总称鳎鱼外的比目鱼。见FLATFISH.
词源
Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder.