flub
vt. 搞坏, 弄糟 vi. 瞎搞, 犯错误, 失败 n. 搞坏, 胡弄, 错误
发音
US
/flʌb/
IE
/flʊb/
其它
/flʊb/
词形变化
flubs
复数
flubs
flubbed
flubbing
flubs
三单
flubbing
现在分词
flubbed
过去式
flubbed
过去分词
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 非正式1962 November 6, Richard Nixon, “Gentlemen, this is my last press conference”, 2008, Rick Perlstein (editor), Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, page 111, I made a talk on television, a talk in which I made a flub—one of the few that I make, not because I′m so good on television but because I′ve been doing it a long time. I made a flub in which I said I was running for governor of the United States.
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2.
A fold of fat.
澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 俚语
v.
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1.
To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 非正式 及物
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
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