flounder 音标拼音: [fl'ɑʊndɚ]
vi . 挣扎,折腾,挣扎着前进
n . 挣扎,焦躁,辗转,比目鱼
挣紮,折腾,挣紮着前进挣紮,焦躁,辗转,比目鱼
flounder n 1 :
flesh of any of various American and European flatfish 2 :
any of various European and non -
European marine flatfish v 1 :
walk with great difficulty ; "
He staggered along in the heavy snow " [
synonym : {
stagger }, {
flounder }]
2 :
behave awkwardly ;
have difficulties ; "
She is floundering in college "
Flounder \
Floun "
der \,
n . [
Cf .
Sw .
flundra ;
akin to Dan .
flynder ,
Icel .
fly ?
ra ,
G .
flunder ,
and perh .
to E .
flounder ,
v .
i .]
1 . (
Zool .)
A flatfish of the family {
Pleuronectid [
ae ]},
of many species .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The common English flounder is {
Pleuronectes flesus }.
There are several common American species used as food ;
as the smooth flounder ({
P .
glabra });
the rough or winter flounder ({
P .
Americanus });
the summer flounder ,
or plaice ({
Paralichthys dentatus }),
Atlantic coast ;
and the starry flounder ({
Pleuronectes stellatus }).
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Bootmaking )
A tool used in crimping boot fronts .
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Flounder \
Floun "
der \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Floundered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Floundering }.] [
Cf .
D .
flodderen to flap ,
splash through mire ,
E .
flounce ,
v .
i .,
and flounder the fish .]
To fling the limbs and body ,
as in making efforts to move ;
to struggle ,
as a horse in the mire ,
or as a fish on land ;
to roll ,
toss ,
and tumble ;
to flounce .
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1913 Webster ]
They have floundered on from blunder to blunder . --
Sir W .
Hamilton .
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1913 Webster ]
Flounder \
Floun "
der \,
n .
The act of floundering .
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1913 Webster ]
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flounder ":
agonize over ,
alternate ,
back and fill ,
be all thumbs ,
be at sea ,
be hard put ,
be uncertain ,
beat about ,
blunder ,
blunder away ,
blunder into ,
blunder on ,
blunder upon ,
boggle ,
botch ,
bumble ,
bungle ,
butcher ,
capsize ,
careen ,
career ,
come a cropper ,
commit a gaffe ,
doubt ,
ebb and flow ,
fall ,
fall down ,
fall flat ,
fall headlong ,
fall over ,
fall prostrate ,
falter ,
faux pas ,
feel unsure ,
flounce ,
fluctuate ,
fumble ,
get a cropper ,
go through phases ,
grope ,
grovel ,
have trouble ,
heave ,
hobbyhorse ,
labor ,
labor under difficulties ,
list ,
lumber ,
lurch ,
make heavy weather ,
mar ,
miscue ,
muddle ,
muff ,
murder ,
oscillate ,
pendulate ,
pitch ,
pitch and plunge ,
pitch and toss ,
play havoc with ,
plunge ,
pound ,
puzzle over ,
question ,
rear ,
reel ,
ring the changes ,
rock ,
roll ,
scend ,
seesaw ,
seethe ,
shift ,
shuffle ,
slip ,
spoil ,
sprawl ,
spread -
eagle ,
stagger ,
strive ,
struggle ,
stumble ,
sway ,
swing ,
take a fall ,
take a flop ,
take a header ,
take a pratfall ,
take a spill ,
teeter ,
teeter -
totter ,
thrash about ,
tilt ,
toil ,
topple ,
topple down ,
topple over ,
toss ,
toss and tumble ,
toss and turn ,
totter ,
travail ,
trip ,
tumble ,
turn ,
turn turtle ,
vacillate ,
vary ,
volutation ,
walk on eggshells ,
wallop ,
wallow ,
waver ,
wax and wane ,
welter ,
wobble ,
wonder ,
wonder whether ,
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