英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 啪啪地翻動;(笨拙地)拍(翅);撲通一聲放下;使呼地落下

2. 2. [美‧俚] (靠欺騙或不正當手段)獲得(成功)



3. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. (啪啪作響地)撲通,搖蕩;(啪噠啪噠地)走路;(撲通一聲)倒下

   flop about [around]

   啪噠啪噠地走來走去.

4. 2. 猛然躺下

5. 3. 驀地坐下,撲通跳入

6. 4. 變節,投敵

7. 5. [口] (著書、演出等)遭到失敗,砸鍋

8. 6. [俚] (躺下)睡覺,休息

9. 7. [美‧俚] 過夜



10. n. (名詞 noun)
    1. 重墜;撲;(一屁股)坐下;拍擊[重墜]聲;背越式跳高

11. 2. [口] 失敗(者);(著作、戲劇等的)失敗之作

12. 3. [美‧俚] 蒙蔽

13. 4. [美‧俚] 睡覺的地方,(尤指)廉價旅館,廉價旅館的床

14. 5. [美‧俚] 過夜,睡覺



15. adv. (副詞 adverb)
    1. 砰地[撲通,啪地]一聲

    fall flop into the water

    撲通一聲跌入水中.

柯林斯英英辭典

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr] to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly

his head flopped backwards

2. [when intr, often foll by into, onto, etc] to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noise

the books flopped onto the floor

3. [intr] [informal] to fail; be unsuccessful

the scheme flopped

4. [intr] to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body

5. [intr; often foll by out] [Slang] to go to sleep

n. (noun)

1. the act of flopping

2. [informal] a complete failure

3. [US and Canadian] [Slang] a place to sleep

4. See Fosbury flop

5. [Etymology] C17: variant of flap