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.
  1. 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.

  2. 2.

    A fold of fat.

    澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 美国 俚语
v.
  1. 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

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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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