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flop

verb
🔊/flɒp/
🔊/flɑːp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flop
🔊/flɒp/
🔊/flɑːp/
he / she / it flops
🔊/flɒps/
🔊/flɑːps/
past simple flopped
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🔊/flɑːpt/
past participle flopped
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🔊/flɑːpt/
-ing form flopping
🔊/ˈflɒpɪŋ/
🔊/ˈflɑːpɪŋ/
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  1. [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。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to fall, move or hang in a heavy way, without control（沉重、笨拙或不由自主地）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。🔊🔊
  3. [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.英格兰在欧洲锦标赛中失败。
    • Many of his ambitious schemes have flopped in the past.过去他的许多雄心大计都失败了。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2, Film and theatrec2
    4. see also flip-flop
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: variant of flap.

flop

noun
🔊/flɒp/
🔊/flɑːp/
 (informal)
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  1. a thing or person that is not successful, especially a film, show or party （电影、戏剧、聚会等）失败，不成功opposite hit
    • a box-office flop不卖座
    • The share sale has been a flop with investors.这次股份销售并不受投资者青睐。
    • The show was the biggest flop in TV history.这个节目是电视历史上最大的失败。
    see also bellyflop, flip-flopTopics Difficulty and failurec2, Film and theatrec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • resounding
    • spectacular
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: variant of flap.