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flap

【发音】

美 /flæp/ 英 /flæp/

【翻译】

  1. vi. 飘动, 拍动; 振翅

    英释:if a bird flaps its wings, it moves them up and down in order to fly

  2. n.片状垂悬物;飘动,摆动,振动;激动,慌忙状态

    英释:a thin flat piece of cloth, paper, skin etc that is fixed by one edge to a surface, which you can lift up easily

  3. vt.使拍动,使飘动

    英释:to move quickly up and down or from side to side, often making a noise

【记忆】

f(看作fly, 飞) + lap(拍打) → (鸟)振翅(飞行)

【短语】

  1. skin flap : 皮瓣

  2. pocket flap : 袋盖

  3. valve flap : 阀瓣

  4. flap gate : 铰链式闸门;舌瓣闸门;翻转板

  5. flap valve : 瓣阀;片状阀

  6. flap wheel : 翼片砂轮

【例句】

  1. The flags were flapping in the breeze.

    旗帜在微风中飘扬。

【单词相关测试】

  1. The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.

    A. slappedB. scratchedC. flappedD. fluctuated

【同、近义词】

  1. n.拍打,拍打声;[航]副翼

    aileron/

  2. vi.拍动;鼓翼而飞;(帽边等)垂下

    hang/

  3. vt.拍打;扔;拉下帽边;飘动

    wash/throw into/

【同根词】

  1. adj

    flapping : 摇摆运动的;挥动的

  2. n

    flapper : 苍蝇拍;轻佻女子;刚学飞的小禽

    flapping : 拍动;摇摆运动

  3. v

    flapping : 拍打,轻拍(flap的ing形式)

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