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flounder

美 [ˈflaʊndər]英 [ˈflaʊndə(r)]
  • v.(在水、泥等中)挣扎;不知所措;困难重重;挠头;支吾
  • n.偏口鱼

复数: flounders 过去式: floundered 现在分词: floundering 过去分词: floundered 第三人称单数: flounders

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verb

1

不知所措;挠头;支吾
to struggle to know what to say or do or how to continue with sth

His abrupt change of subject left her floundering helplessly.

他突然改变话题,使她茫然不知所措。

2

困难重重;艰苦挣扎
to have a lot of problems and to be in danger of failing completely

At that time the industry was floundering.

那时这个行业举步维艰。

3

(在水、泥等中)挣扎
to struggle to move or get somewhere in water, mud, etc.

She was floundering around in the deep end of the swimming pool.

她在游泳池深水区挣扎着。

noun

【不规则形式】pl. flounder or flounders

偏口鱼
a small flat sea fish that is used for food

flounder

频次

  • 2
    VERB 深陷困境;困难重重
    If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely.

    What a pity that his career was left to flounder...

    多么可惜,他的事业深陷困局。

  • 3
    VERB 踌躇;不知所措
    If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do.

    Right now, you've got a president who's floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started...

    现在,你们的总统正踌躇不前,试图找到某种办法来推动他的竞选活动的开展。

  • 4
    VERB (在水中或泥里)挣扎
    If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink.

    Three men were floundering about in the water.

    有 3 个人在水中挣扎。

  • 5
    N-VAR 比目鱼
    A flounder is a flat fish that you can eat.

    See also:Flounder is this fish eaten as food.

noun

1
any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
2
flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

verb

1
walk with great difficulty
He staggered along in the heavy snow
Synonym: stagger
2
behave awkwardly;have difficulties
She is floundering in college

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Get a cramp , go in the water , flounder around .

    你就抽筋掉进水里,拼命挣扎。

  2. Flounder in the Desire & the Tension of Qiu Huadong 's City Novels

    欲望中的挣扎&邱华栋城市小说的张力

  3. She was floundering around in the deep end of the swimming pool .

    她在游泳池深水区挣扎着。

  4. His abrupt change of subject left her floundering helplessly .

    他突然改变话题,使她茫然不知所措。

  5. Three men were floundering about in the water .

    有3个人在水中挣扎。

  6. What a pity that his career was left to flounder

    多么可惜,他的事业深陷困局。

  7. I know that you 're floundering around , trying to grasp at any straw .

    我知道你正不知所措,是在病急乱投医。

  8. Right now , you 've got a president who 's floundering , trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started

    现在,你们的总统正踌躇不前,试图找到某种办法来推动他的竞选活动的开展。

  9. The economy was floundering .

    经济深陷困境。

  10. Anna couldn 't swim and was left floundering about ( around ) in the deep end of the swimming-pool .

    安娜不会游泳,她在游泳池的深水区里挣扎着。

  11. Major Major floundered bewilderedly from one embarrassing catastrophe to another .

    梅杰少校当上中队长后稀里糊涂地碰上了一件又一件尴尬倒楣的事。

  12. People were floundering about in the water , shouting and screaming .

    人们呼喊尖叫着在水里挣扎

  13. I could see a small figure floundering in the snow .

    我看到一个小小的人影在雪中挣扎。

  14. " What does she want then ?" said the flounder .

    「那么,她到底想要甚么呀?」比目鱼问。

  15. Parent effects and estimation of genetic parameters for three Japanese flounder breeding populations

    三个牙鲆育种群体亲本效应及遗传参数估计

  16. We flounder through deep snow to get to the store .

    我们费力地踏著厚厚的积雪去那家店里。

  17. As the questions got more difficult , he began to flounder .

    随着问题越来越难,他开始支支吾吾。

  18. Go back to the flounder and tell him to give us a palace .

    快去找比目鱼,叫他送咱们一座宫殿。

  19. Study on Gynogenesis and Sex Control in Four Flounder Fish

    四种鲆鲽鱼类雌核发育及性别控制技术研究

  20. Design and Cloning a Modified Synthetic Gene for Flounder Antifreeze Peptide

    修饰合成冬鲽抗冻肽基因的设计和克隆

  21. Cloning and Expression of Winter flounder Skin type Antifreeze Protein

    冬蝶鱼皮肤型抗冻蛋白的克隆及表达

  22. At that time the industry was floundering .

    那时这个行业举步维艰。

  23. History shows that companies often flounder once the icon departs .

    历史经验告诉我们,一旦偶像人物离开,企业往往会步履维艰。

  24. The genetic transformation of strawberry with winter flounder antifreeze protein gene

    美洲拟鲽抗冻蛋白基因遗传转化草莓的研究

  25. Flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head .

    两只眼睛都长在头部右边的比目鱼。

  26. Stop floundering about and think of something to do .

    别到处晃来晃去的,想点儿事做。

  27. Effect of dietary iron on growth of the juvenile flounder olivaceus

    饲料中添加铁对牙鲆幼鱼生长的影响

  28. For the rest of 1942 the project was floundering on the engineering side ,

    1942年的其它时候,这个项目在工程方面遇到了很多困难,

  29. But there came a day when he actually caught two enormous flounders .

    但有一天他确实抓了两条极大的比目鱼。

  30. Immunohistochemical study of GnRH receptor in flounder digestive tract and liver

    牙鲆胃肠道及肝脏GnRH受体的免疫组织化学研究