flounder
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英 ['fla?nd?]
美['fla?nd?]
- vi. 掙扎，折騰；錯亂地做事或說話
- n. 掙扎，輾轉；比目魚
TEM8GRETOEFL中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?flounders;第三人稱單數:?flounders;過去式:?floundered;過去分詞:?floundered;現在分詞:?floundering;
助記提示
1、flounce + blunder.
founder蹣跚,絆倒。
flounder掙扎,踉蹌。
blunder踉蹌地走。
2. flat => flounder "flatfish" (suffixed and nasalized form).
3. 同源名稱的比目魚：flatfish, plaice, fluke, flounder.
4. perhaps an alteration of founder.
5. perhaps native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion, symbolic fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement. See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip.
6. perhaps a blend of founder and blunder.
7. 諧音“浮亂動”----浮在水上亂動。
8. flo＝flow / float + under => 在水下流動、浮動，不掙扎的話就等著淹死吧。
9. 源自founder 摔倒，沉沒→沉在底部，flounder 指還能走，比founder 多個l，看成撐著的木杖。
10. flow + under 腳下是湍急的流水、河水，你掙扎，艱苦地移動，因為腳下的水湍流不息、非常湍急。
founder蹣跚,絆倒。
flounder掙扎,踉蹌。
blunder踉蹌地走。
2. flat => flounder "flatfish" (suffixed and nasalized form).
3. 同源名稱的比目魚：flatfish, plaice, fluke, flounder.
4. perhaps an alteration of founder.
5. perhaps native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion, symbolic fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement. See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip.
6. perhaps a blend of founder and blunder.
7. 諧音“浮亂動”----浮在水上亂動。
8. flo＝flow / float + under => 在水下流動、浮動，不掙扎的話就等著淹死吧。
9. 源自founder 摔倒，沉沒→沉在底部，flounder 指還能走，比founder 多個l，看成撐著的木杖。
10. flow + under 腳下是湍急的流水、河水，你掙扎，艱苦地移動，因為腳下的水湍流不息、非常湍急。
中文詞源
flounder 掙扎
來自輔音叢fl, 撲騰，拍打，擬聲詞，詞源同flap, flag, flutter. 引申詞義掙扎，折騰。
flounder 比目魚來自PIE*plat的鼻音擴大形式，平的，詞源同flat, platypus. 用來指比目魚。
英文詞源
- flounder (v.)
- "struggle awkwardly and impotently," especially when hampered somehow, 1590s, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), influenced by Dutch flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion. Figurative use is from 1680s. Related: Floundered; floundering. As a noun, "act of struggling," by 1867.
- flounder (n.)
- "flatfish," c. 1300, from Anglo-French floundre, Old North French flondre, from Old Norse flydhra, from Proto-Germanic *flunthrjo (cognates: Middle Low German vlundere, Danish flynder, Old Swedish flundra "flatfish"), suffixed and nasalized form of PIE *plat- "to spread" (cognate: Greek platys "flat, wide, broad;" see plaice (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. What a pity that his career was left to flounder.
- 多么可惜，他的事業深陷困局。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with stuffed flounder.
- 但拔先生的餐盤里盛滿了填餡的比目魚。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The plane had begun to drop and flounder wildly.
- 飛機已經開始下降,劇烈地顛簸著.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He couldn't swim and just flounder about in the water.
- 他不會游泳,只是在水里胡亂地劃動.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She could only flounder through her song.
- 她只能慌亂地唱完她的歌.
來自辭典例句