flounder
flounder 英 [ˈflaʊndə(r)] 美 [ˈflaʊndɚ]
vi. 挣扎，折腾；错乱地做事或说话 n. 挣扎，辗转；比目鱼
进行时:floundering 过去式:floundered 过去分词:floundered 第三人称单数:flounders 名词复数:flounders
- A flounder is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder is to wobble around like a fish out of water.
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- vi. 挣扎，折腾；错乱地做事或说话
- n. 挣扎，辗转；比目鱼
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1. Why It's Bad: This group of fish includes flounder, sole, and halibut that are caught off the Atlantic coast.
它有害的原因 ：这类鱼包括在大西洋海岸捕获的比目鱼、鲳鱼以及大比目鱼。
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2. The guests were seated at the table when their host strode in with a platter, holding the biggest flounder they'd ever seen.
客人已在餐桌边就座完毕，这时主人大步地走进来，手里端着一个托盘，托盘上是一个他们所见过的最大的比目鱼。
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3. Sadly they are likely to flounder unless the Americans do more than just nudge them along.
然而不幸的是，除非美国做更多的工作，双方将继续挣扎。
- flounder (n.) "flatfish," c. 1300, from Anglo-French floundre, Old North French flondre, from Old Norse flydhra, from Proto-Germanic *flunthrjo (source also of Middle Low German vlundere, Danish flynder, Old Swedish flundra "flatfish"), suffixed and nasalized form of PIE root *plat- "to spread."
- flounder (v.) "struggle awkwardly and impotently," especially when hampered somehow, 1590s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from an alteration of founder (n.), 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.
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