英语单词

flip-flop是什么意思

flip-flop

英 ['flipflɔp] 美
  • n. [电子] 触发器;啪嗒啪嗒的响声;向后翻的筋斗
  • vt. 使翻转;使突然转变
  • vi. 作后手翻;突然改变;啪嗒啪嗒地动
  • adj. 后手翻的;突然改变的
  • adv. 啪嗒啪嗒响着

助记提示


1. also flip flop, "thong sandal," by 1972, imitative of the sound of walking in them (flip-flap had been used in various echoic senses, mostly echoic, since 1520s); sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900.
2. 受flip的影响,由此含有突然、快速翻转、翻动之意,以及由此的引申义。
3. 其双稳态电路、触发器之意是受模拟的“啪嗒啪嗒”声中,稳定、重复的啪和嗒两种的声音而引申来的。
4. flip-flop本身就是两个单词合在一起,模拟两种状态、两种声音的。

英文词源


flip-flop (n.)
also flip flop, "plastic thong beach sandal," by 1970, imitative of the sound of walking in them. Flip-flap had been used in various senses, mostly echoic or imitative of a kind of loose flapping movement, since 1520s:
Flip-flaps, a peculiar rollicking dance indulged in by costermongers, better described as the double shuffle; originally a kind of somersault. [Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1864]
Flip-flop in the general sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900; it began to be used in electronics in the 1930s in reference to switching circuits that alternate between two states. As a verb by 1897. Flop (n.) in the sense "a turn-round, especially in politics" is from 1880.

双语例句


1. The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
这本书的笔调有些时候太不严肃了。

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2. The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.
贸易赤字是经济快速发展带来的负面产物。

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3. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.
他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。

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4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

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5. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues.
他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。

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