flip
[flɪp] verb intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep] (-pp-)
■If you flip something, you turn it over quickly one or more times, and if something flips, it turns over quickly （使）快速翻转；迅速翻动•When one side is done, flip the pancake (over) to cook the other side.一面烤熟后，把烤饼迅速翻过来烤另一面。 •I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind.风把书页吹乱了，我找不到读到的那个地方了。 •You turn the television on by flipping (= operating) the switch at the side.把边上的开关按一下，电视就打开了。 •The captains flipped a coin into the air (= made it turn over in the air to see which side it landed on) to decide which side would bat first.两队队长向空中抛出一枚硬币，决定哪一方先击球。
[flɪp] verb intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep] (-pp-)
flip (your lid) informal
■to become very angry 勃然大怒•She'll flip her lid if I'm late again.如果我又迟到，她会气疯的。
[flɪp] verb intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep] (-pp-)
Phrasal Verbs flip through sth
■to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc. 快速浏览；草草翻阅
[flɪp] noun countable
■when something turns over quickly or repeatedly 翻动，翻转•a flip of a coin抛硬币 •The acrobats were doing somersaults and flips (= jumping and turning their bodies over in the air).杂技演员们正在翻筋斗和空翻。
[flɪp] adjective (flipper, flippest)UK informal for
■flippant 活动挂图，配套挂图
[flɪp] exclamation UK old-fashioned informal
■used when you are slightly annoyed “不！”感叹词，表示有些愠怒•Oh, flip, I've missed the bus.哦不！我错过公车了。 |