flip-flop

短语
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n. 啪嗒啪嗒的响声, 向后翻的筋斗, 突然改变, 双稳态多谐振荡器, 触发器 [计] 触发器, 劈拍

发音

UK /ˈflɪpˌflɒp/
US /ˈflɪpˌflɑp/
US

词形变化

flip-flops 复数 flip-flops 三单 flip-flopping 现在分词 flip-flopped 过去式 flip-flopped 过去分词

别名

flip flop

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sandal consisting of a rubber sole fastened to the foot by a rubber thong fitting between the toes and around the sides of the foot.

    英国 美国

    the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents

  2. 2.

    A change of places; an inversion or swap.

  3. 3.

    A change of places; an inversion or swap.

    An instance of flip-flopping, of repeatedly changing one's stated opinion about a matter.

    美国
  4. 4.

    A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory.

    触发器

    正反器

    商务 计算机 工程 物理 电子 数学
  5. 5.

    The sound of a regular footfall.

  6. 6.

    A somersault.

  7. 7.

    A return trip.

    美国 俚语
  8. 8.

    A person or inhabitant of the Middle East, or a Muslim nation, particularly Afghanistan.

    贬义 冒犯 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To alternate back and forth between directly opposite opinions, ideas, or decisions.

    习语 不及物 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

thong reversal turnaround change of mind turnabout

上位词 10

flip circuit deciding somerset sandal decision-making somersault electrical circuit electric circuit somersaulting

下位词 4

rethink afterthought second thought reconsideration
动词

同义词 5

switch flip alternate tack interchange

上位词 2

turn reverse

词源

Onomatopoeic. Most probably an imitation of the sound produced when walking in them.

来源：wiktionary