flops

英 [flɒps]

美 [flɑːps]

v.  (因疲惫而)猛然坐下，沉重地躺下; (沉重、笨拙或不自主地)落下，移动，悬挂; 砸锅; 完全失败
n.  (电影、戏剧、聚会等)失败，不成功
flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛然坐下;重重地坐下
  If youflopinto a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
  1. Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
     邦伯里重重地倒在了床上，让他疲惫的双脚休息一下。
  2. She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
     她精疲力竭，一屁股坐在沙发上。
• VERB 凌乱地垂下;猛落下
  If somethingflopsonto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
  1. The briefcase flopped onto the desk...
     公文包重重地落在桌上。
  2. His hair flopped over his left eye.
     他的头发凌乱地垂在左眼前。
• N-COUNT 彻底失败;惨败
  If something is aflop, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
     决定一部电影会走红还是惨败的是大众。
• VERB 彻底失败;惨败
  If somethingflops, it is completely unsuccessful.
  1. The film flopped badly at the box office.
     这部电影票房惨淡。

双语例句

• Well, that cleared that up. Perhaps wisely, press screenings are exempt from any dress code: scruffy journalists are free to ascend the Palais 'steps in flip flops and trainers.
  好了，这下清楚了，媒体放映场没有任何着装要求：着装邋遢的记者们可穿着人字拖与运动鞋随意踏上皇宫广场（Palais）的阶梯。
• That's why there are six big studios: Smaller ventures that lack a reservoir of films have trouble surviving flops.
  这就是为何现在有六大电影公司：缺少电影库存的小公司是无法在危机中存活下来的。
• Every muddy step would suck the flip flops off your feet!
  每一个泥泞的步骤将吸触发器把你的脚！
• So, when a book with a large print run flops, publishers end up with an expensive pile of recycling.
  所以当一本印数巨大的书滞销时，出版商只能会花巨资回收。
• Making it cheaper to develop a broader range of models means being less vulnerable to flops.
  以更低廉的成本开发更广泛的产品，意味着降低了企业遭受重挫的可能性。
• The Study on Multi-purpose Computer Aided System; this computer can perform a million flops per second.
  海事行政执法计算机辅助系统的研制这种计算机每秒可以执行一百万次浮点运算。
• He may not like it, but Comolli knows it's the fate of the sporting director to be remembered for his flops.
  他可能并不喜欢，但是科莫里明白体育总监的命运-总会因为那些失败的收购而被人记住。
• When the hat has been poured full, he flops it over to fill the other side.
  当帽子被灌满后，他又将帽子翻过来再灌。
• Nmax, the matrix size N that gives the highest flops.
  得出最高flop时所使用的矩阵大小N。
• He has had his share of flops, too.
  但他也有败走麦城的时候。