flip-flop

verb

🔊/ˈflɪp flɒp/

🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːp/

[intransitive] (especially North American English, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they flip-flop	🔊/ˈflɪp flɒp/ 🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːp/
he / she / it flip-flops	🔊/ˈflɪp flɒps/ 🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːps/
past simple flip-flopped	🔊/ˈflɪp flɒpt/ 🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːpt/
past participle flip-flopped	🔊/ˈflɪp flɒpt/ 🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːpt/
-ing form flip-flopping	🔊/ˈflɪp flɒpɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːpɪŋ/

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flip-flop (on something) to change your opinion about something, especially when you then hold the opposite opinion改变观点；（尤指）转持相反观点，来一个 180 度的大转弯
- The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.副总统受到谴责，说他在几个重大问题上出尔反尔。🔊🔊
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop.

noun

🔊/ˈflɪp flɒp/

🔊/ˈflɪp flɑːp/

(British and North American English)

(North American English also, Australian English, New Zealand English thong)

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a type of sandal (= open shoe), typically made of plastic or rubber, that has a piece that goes between the big toe and the toe next to it人字拖鞋；夹脚趾拖鞋
- a pair of flip-flops一双人字拖鞋
Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop.