flop

来自flap拼写变体，飘动，翻动。字母o较字母a声音更重，引申词义猛然坐下，倒地。

flop (v.)

c. 1600, "to flap," probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836; that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893. Related: Flopped; flopping.

flop (n.)

1823, "act of flopping; any action that produces the sound 'flop;' the sound itself," from flop (v.). Figurative sense of "a failure; that which is a failure" is by 1893, from the notion of a sudden break-down or collapse. Extended form flopperoo attested from 1936. The Fosbury flop high-jumping technique (1968) is so called in reference to U.S. athlete Dick Fosbury (b.1947), who used it to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal.

1. Very good use of the term flip - flop, by the way.

那一个立场不坚定,经常flip -flop 的人可就不能这么说咯!

2. It is the public who decide if a film is a smash or a flop.

影片成败与否取决于公众。

3. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?

他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定，现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢？

4. It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.

决定一部电影会走红还是惨败的是大众。

5. In the absence of any well-placed pub, this was the perfect spot to flop down for a packed lunch.

由于找不到位置合适的酒馆，这里就是随便吃顿盒饭再好不过的地方了。