11/12/2009

Vocabulary and phrase - September-20~26

Flop


vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
1. 拍動;搖晃[Q]
   The fish were flopping about in the bottom of the boat.
   那些魚在船底撲騰著。
2. 撲通落下(或倒下)[Q]
   I flopped down on the couch.
   我噗地倒在長沙發椅上。
3. (作品、演出等)失敗
   She flopped as a stage actress.
   作為一名舞臺演員她失敗了。


vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
1. 撲通放下;使撲通落下
2. 拍(翅);翻動


n. (名詞 noun)
1. 拍擊聲;撲通掉落(的聲音)[S]
   He fell with a flop into the water.
   他撲通一聲掉進水裡。
2. (作品、演出等的)失敗[C]
   Because the acting was dull, the film was a big flop.
   由於演出死板,那部電影徹底砸鍋。
   The marketing campaign was a flop. The product didn't sell.
   市場宣傳徹底失敗,產品賣不出去。
   The play was a flop.
   這齣戲是個失敗。


ad. (副詞 adverb)
1. 撲通一聲地
2. 恰巧




Cornfield    n. (名詞 noun)[C]

1. 【美】玉蜀黍田
2. 【英】小麥田;種穀物的田地

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