Definition of flop in English:

flop

verbflops, flopping, flopped flɒpflɑp

[no object]

1with adverbial Fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.
沉重下坠，笨拙移动，垂落
his blond hair flopped over his eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- Viv tied it around her wrist so that it flopped around whenever she moved her arm.
- His hair flops into his eyes as he runs, muscle and skin moving effortlessly.
- The arms of the octopuses were still squirming and moving and flopping in every direction.
- He looked good anyway, with his wet blond hair flopped in his face, just brushing the top of his eyes.
- She looked understandably anxious, her pale face whiter than her greying hair which flopped towards her eyes.
- He was wearing his usual black framed glasses, with his hair flopping down to his face.
- Some of his dark hair flopped onto his forehead and I almost reached out to tuck it back into place.
- His dark brown, nearly black hair flopped over one eyebrow as he smiled crookedly, a smile girls back in Sanorn had once loved.
- Dark hair flopped messily over his forehead, and he had to keep pushing it out of his light brown eyes.
- To my surprise it's a young boy with a freckled, eager face and brown hair styled to flop over one eye, wearing black, carrying a rucksack and a bag.
- I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone.
- His golden hair flopped onto his forehead and stuck to it, soaking wet.
- Brellier's chin drops to his chest, his long hair flopping over his features, hiding an apparent embarrassment at the question.
- The bandage she had wrapped around her side had come loose and was now flopping wildly below her.
- He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder.
- His black hair is flopping into his eyes and I can see an earring in his ear.
- I walk in, socks sopping, hair flopping, dignity all over the place, and explain my dilemma.
- His hair flops, his suit sparkles, his shirt glitters.
- He had beautiful wavy brown hair that flopped onto his forehead.
- He was tall and had brown hair so dark it was almost black, which flopped over his green eyes.
Synonyms
hang (down), drop, hang loosely/limply, dangle, droop, sag, flap, loll
1. 1.1 Sit or lie down heavily and suddenly, especially when very tired.
  （尤指疲劳时）扑通坐下，猛然倒下
  Liz flopped down into the armchair
  利兹一屁股坐在扶手椅上。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Katerina laughed at her, trying to break her fall, before flopping down on top of her.
  Leeann squealed, suddenly flopping into a seat next to them.
  I flopped into a reclining seat and realized suddenly that I was sitting right next to Anthony.
  She flopped back down, tired in a way she hadn't been in a long time.
  Soon, Dai got tired and flopped down, leaning against the counter.
  The man fell over backwards flopping to the deck in unconsciousness.
  There was some brief talk of adjourning to the bar, but we were too tired, and so flopped under the tightly-tucked blankets and sheets instead.
  Sighing heavily, he flopped onto his bed and reached for the glove.
  When I flopped into my seat and pulled the door shut I was sobbing from the ordeal, out of breath, very cold, and wet right through.
  As he neared the boulders, Joe suddenly flopped to the ground.
  That concluded the nights broadcast and Danni exhaled heavily, flopping back onto the bed.
  Charlie sighed heavily and flopped down on his bed.
  At last we grew tired and flopped down in the cool grass to watch the clouds.
  Element moved past her and flopped down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head for relaxation.
  I flopped down onto my sleep sack, which was already damp from soaking up moisture from the soil.
  Suddenly exhausted, she flopped down on one of the many chairs that were scattered about Allyson's room.
  And as though summoned by my thought, he flops down into the seat on my left.
  Scarlett sighed heavily and flopped down onto a clear area on Jed's bed.
  Then, with chilled air pouring in down the back of my neck, you flop into your seat, oblivious.
  He grinned mindlessly at his stupid analogy, moving to go and flop on the couch again, though this time with energy and not-so-much black.
  Synonyms
  collapse, slump, crumple, subside, sink, drop, fall, tumble
2. 1.2informal Rest or sleep in a specified place.
  〈非正式〉（在指定地点）休息，睡觉
  I'm going to flop here for the night
  今晚我在这儿过夜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  By the time we'd finished we pretty much all felt we'd had enough to last a month and ended up flopped in the lounge watching the Dating Channel on Sky.
  Of course, we all had far too much to eat, and ended up flopped on the settee feeling full but satisfied for the rest of the night.
  He flopped underneath a clump of trees and slept exhausted.
  It's far too hot - I'd rather be flopping in the park.
  When we got home I found myself to be unaccountably tired, so I flopped for a while.
3. 1.3Basketball informal Deliberately fall or stumble in order to give the appearance of being fouled by an opponent.
  nearly everyone watching the game in Chicago believed James flopped
  Example sentencesExamples
  Flopping rules are different in the postseason because players aren't warned.
  They're going to have to alternate who flops on which play.
  Besides flopping, hustling, and playing good defense, he is also a 3-point specialist.
  But you do flop every two plays and you mostly have no reason to argue since most calls go your way, no?
  Why does a team with that much talent feel the need to flop every other play?
  The problem is they spent too much time teaching him to flop in practice.
  Golden State's Thompson stoked the tensions before the series when he accused the Clippers' player of flopping.
  If he flops (by the league's standards) a second time he gets a $5,000 fine.
  Players know flopping works to their advantage so they do it.
  Flopping had become a mysterious plague, forcing players' legs to buckle and their arms to flail in the air at the slightest hint of contact.
2informal (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally.
〈非正式〉（表演者，演出）彻底失败，演砸
the show flopped in London
这出戏在伦敦演砸了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her career suffered a decline in the 1990s as a number of collaborative projects failed to take off and several films flopped.
- On the pitch he had problems leaving Villa, at Manchester United he flopped with some poor performances.
- All investors should realise that the majority of shares sold at initial public offerings flop and fail to recover the price that they were sold at.
- The crowds failed to materialise and both show and print flopped.
- However, Virgin's flotation flopped and Cruickshank moved into the public sector.
- Their portfolios and performance will suffer mightily if this issue is allowed to flop.
- Then it flopped, failing to capture that notorious off-screen chemistry, as did all her follow up films.
- I think he knew Dunaway was going to get most of the attention - and, if the show flopped, most of the blame.
- It is an idea that could flop, and simply move the drop-out bulge from freshman to junior year.
- Too many brilliant stand up comics have flopped when they've gone big to the big screen.
- Last year he flopped in the first round and failed to get beyond the second round in 1999 and 1998.
- The play flopped, but Peck's performance brought interest from Hollywood.
- If the replacement shows flop, the advertiser needs to be made whole.
- But a good many, if not most, of his shows flop, for reasons I can't comprehend, when I consider quality alone.
- In the past, the show became known for clashes between the DJs and for the crowd bottling performers who flopped.
- The great crime-busting experiment did not merely fail, it flopped spectacularly.
- They have flopped in the majors and their performance in Atlanta was particularly embarrassing.
- Renamed A Kingdom for a Cow, the show flopped and instantly disappeared.
- He was sacked from his radio show and his concerts flopped.
- He could flop, of course, or fail to deliver on his expansive ambitions.
Synonyms
be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, meet with disaster, come to grief, miss the mark, run aground
informal bomb, bellyflop, fold, flatline, go to the wall, come a cropper, go down like a lead balloon, bite the dust, blow up in someone's face
North American informal tank

nounPlural flops flɒpflɑp

1A heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it.
沉重、松散又笨拙的动作；扑通声，重坠声
they hit the ground with a flop
他们扑通一声倒在地上。
Example sentencesExamples
- If she kept him far enough away, she thought grimly, ignoring the flops of her stomach every time she heard a step, she had a slightly larger chance of surviving.
- They dropped a rope ladder that fell with a flop all the way to the ground.
- Suddenly, with a sickening slush and smell, the contents came free, sliding to the ground with a dull flop.
2informal A total failure.
〈非正式〉彻底失败
the play had been a flop
这出戏全砸了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I mean, what if we all pick one that is a total flop?
- It might be a total flop, or it would be more popular.
- You have some scenarios where it doesn't work out and then again, you have some players who stay in school for four years, come into the NBA and are a total flop.
- She had boyfriends and lovers, but later admitted: ‘I've been a total flop with men.’
- As far as a show of bombastic masculine bravura was concerned, this was a total flop.
- This is a technically accurate film that had some really bad, wooden acting and it was a box office flop.
- It was fortunate for them that both shared a profound interest in Astronomy, or the project would have been a total flop.
- And to the chagrin of Danish film boosters and patriots, they all turned out to be relative flops.
- That's an oversimplification, to be sure, but Dobbs' failure to meet audience expectations certainly contributed to the flop.
- A plan to import bicycles from Azerbaijan was a total flop.
- He, being weak, was a total flop at sports and athletics, so he was all the jocks' favorite victim.
- This is not to say that he is a total flop.
- The meeting lasted for three weeks, almost bankrupted the French treasury and - guess what - was a total flop.
- Not surprisingly it was a total flop, proof that critics and audiences had finally called time on the Broadway musical.
- Sadly, the rest of this $115m flop is far less memorable.
- However, it was a commercial flop - few people turned up because of poor publicity and freezing weather.
- They don't want to have their photos in the paper in case it turns out to be a controversial flop.
- What could be worse than to have your name automatically associated with an epic flop, even if you weren't responsible for its failure?
- But this turned out to be a flop in Italy and has fared little better elsewhere.
- It pulls out all the stops to try to wipe her slate clean, to obliterate the flops and the failures of recent years.
Synonyms
failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser
British damp squib
informal flopperoo, washout, also-ran, bellyflop, dud, dog, lemon, lead balloon, no-hoper, no-go, non-starter, fail
North American clinker
3US informal A cheap place to sleep.
〈非正式，主美〉廉价旅馆，便宜栖身处
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you have a flop for the night?
- He hadn't been out of the flop in three weeks except to go to a corner store and buy food.
- At the flops, the bums all eat the same thing.

Origin

Early 17th century: variant of flap.

flab from [1950s]:
Flab was formed in the 1950s from the late 17th-century flabby, itself a form of flappy (late 16th century) from Middle English flap, which probably, along with its further variant flop (early 17th century), imitates the sound of something flapping. The slang use be in a flap about something dates from the early 20th century. Flabbergast, first mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang and probably an arbitrary invention, may have been modelled on flabby. Flaccid (early 17th century) comes from flaccus, the Latin for ‘flabby’.

Rhymes

atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop

Definition of flop in US English:

flop

verbflɑpfläp

1with adverbial Fall, move, or hang in a heavy, loose, and ungainly way.
沉重下坠，笨拙移动，垂落
black hair flopped across his forehead
黑发在他额前甩来甩去。
Example sentencesExamples
- His hair flops into his eyes as he runs, muscle and skin moving effortlessly.
- Viv tied it around her wrist so that it flopped around whenever she moved her arm.
- The arms of the octopuses were still squirming and moving and flopping in every direction.
- The bandage she had wrapped around her side had come loose and was now flopping wildly below her.
- He had beautiful wavy brown hair that flopped onto his forehead.
- She looked understandably anxious, her pale face whiter than her greying hair which flopped towards her eyes.
- Brellier's chin drops to his chest, his long hair flopping over his features, hiding an apparent embarrassment at the question.
- I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone.
- He was tall and had brown hair so dark it was almost black, which flopped over his green eyes.
- He was wearing his usual black framed glasses, with his hair flopping down to his face.
- His golden hair flopped onto his forehead and stuck to it, soaking wet.
- He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder.
- Some of his dark hair flopped onto his forehead and I almost reached out to tuck it back into place.
- His hair flops, his suit sparkles, his shirt glitters.
- His dark brown, nearly black hair flopped over one eyebrow as he smiled crookedly, a smile girls back in Sanorn had once loved.
- His black hair is flopping into his eyes and I can see an earring in his ear.
- Dark hair flopped messily over his forehead, and he had to keep pushing it out of his light brown eyes.
- I walk in, socks sopping, hair flopping, dignity all over the place, and explain my dilemma.
- He looked good anyway, with his wet blond hair flopped in his face, just brushing the top of his eyes.
- To my surprise it's a young boy with a freckled, eager face and brown hair styled to flop over one eye, wearing black, carrying a rucksack and a bag.
Synonyms
hang, hang down, drop, hang limply, hang loosely, dangle, droop, sag, flap, loll
1. 1.1 Sit or lie down heavily or suddenly in a specified place, especially when very tired.
  （尤指疲劳时）扑通坐下，猛然倒下
  Liz flopped down into the armchair
  利兹一屁股坐在扶手椅上。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Leeann squealed, suddenly flopping into a seat next to them.
  Suddenly exhausted, she flopped down on one of the many chairs that were scattered about Allyson's room.
  Then, with chilled air pouring in down the back of my neck, you flop into your seat, oblivious.
  He grinned mindlessly at his stupid analogy, moving to go and flop on the couch again, though this time with energy and not-so-much black.
  Charlie sighed heavily and flopped down on his bed.
  Element moved past her and flopped down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head for relaxation.
  And as though summoned by my thought, he flops down into the seat on my left.
  There was some brief talk of adjourning to the bar, but we were too tired, and so flopped under the tightly-tucked blankets and sheets instead.
  When I flopped into my seat and pulled the door shut I was sobbing from the ordeal, out of breath, very cold, and wet right through.
  Scarlett sighed heavily and flopped down onto a clear area on Jed's bed.
  The man fell over backwards flopping to the deck in unconsciousness.
  As he neared the boulders, Joe suddenly flopped to the ground.
  At last we grew tired and flopped down in the cool grass to watch the clouds.
  I flopped into a reclining seat and realized suddenly that I was sitting right next to Anthony.
  Soon, Dai got tired and flopped down, leaning against the counter.
  That concluded the nights broadcast and Danni exhaled heavily, flopping back onto the bed.
  I flopped down onto my sleep sack, which was already damp from soaking up moisture from the soil.
  Katerina laughed at her, trying to break her fall, before flopping down on top of her.
  Sighing heavily, he flopped onto his bed and reached for the glove.
  She flopped back down, tired in a way she hadn't been in a long time.
  Synonyms
  collapse, slump, crumple, subside, sink, drop, fall, tumble
2. 1.2informal Rest or sleep in a specified place.
  〈非正式〉（在指定地点）休息，睡觉
  I'm going to flop here for the night
  今晚我在这儿过夜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He flopped underneath a clump of trees and slept exhausted.
  It's far too hot - I'd rather be flopping in the park.
  When we got home I found myself to be unaccountably tired, so I flopped for a while.
  By the time we'd finished we pretty much all felt we'd had enough to last a month and ended up flopped in the lounge watching the Dating Channel on Sky.
  Of course, we all had far too much to eat, and ended up flopped on the settee feeling full but satisfied for the rest of the night.
3. 1.3Basketball informal Deliberately fall or stumble in order to give the appearance of being fouled by an opponent.
  nearly everyone watching the game in Chicago believed James flopped
  Example sentencesExamples
  Players know flopping works to their advantage so they do it.
  If he flops (by the league's standards) a second time he gets a $5,000 fine.
  The problem is they spent too much time teaching him to flop in practice.
  Why does a team with that much talent feel the need to flop every other play?
  They're going to have to alternate who flops on which play.
  But you do flop every two plays and you mostly have no reason to argue since most calls go your way, no?
  Besides flopping, hustling, and playing good defense, he is also a 3-point specialist.
  Flopping rules are different in the postseason because players aren't warned.
  Golden State's Thompson stoked the tensions before the series when he accused the Clippers' player of flopping.
  Flopping had become a mysterious plague, forcing players' legs to buckle and their arms to flail in the air at the slightest hint of contact.
2informal (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally.
〈非正式〉（表演者，演出）彻底失败，演砸
prime-time dramas that flopped in the US market
Example sentencesExamples
- Too many brilliant stand up comics have flopped when they've gone big to the big screen.
- He was sacked from his radio show and his concerts flopped.
- The crowds failed to materialise and both show and print flopped.
- They have flopped in the majors and their performance in Atlanta was particularly embarrassing.
- Then it flopped, failing to capture that notorious off-screen chemistry, as did all her follow up films.
- Renamed A Kingdom for a Cow, the show flopped and instantly disappeared.
- Their portfolios and performance will suffer mightily if this issue is allowed to flop.
- I think he knew Dunaway was going to get most of the attention - and, if the show flopped, most of the blame.
- It is an idea that could flop, and simply move the drop-out bulge from freshman to junior year.
- On the pitch he had problems leaving Villa, at Manchester United he flopped with some poor performances.
- The play flopped, but Peck's performance brought interest from Hollywood.
- The great crime-busting experiment did not merely fail, it flopped spectacularly.
- Last year he flopped in the first round and failed to get beyond the second round in 1999 and 1998.
- All investors should realise that the majority of shares sold at initial public offerings flop and fail to recover the price that they were sold at.
- But a good many, if not most, of his shows flop, for reasons I can't comprehend, when I consider quality alone.
- Her career suffered a decline in the 1990s as a number of collaborative projects failed to take off and several films flopped.
- He could flop, of course, or fail to deliver on his expansive ambitions.
- In the past, the show became known for clashes between the DJs and for the crowd bottling performers who flopped.
- If the replacement shows flop, the advertiser needs to be made whole.
- However, Virgin's flotation flopped and Cruickshank moved into the public sector.
Synonyms
be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, meet with disaster, come to grief, miss the mark, run aground

nounflɑpfläp

1A heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it.
沉重、松散又笨拙的动作；扑通声，重坠声
they hit the ground with a flop
他们扑通一声倒在地上。
Example sentencesExamples
- Suddenly, with a sickening slush and smell, the contents came free, sliding to the ground with a dull flop.
- They dropped a rope ladder that fell with a flop all the way to the ground.
- If she kept him far enough away, she thought grimly, ignoring the flops of her stomach every time she heard a step, she had a slightly larger chance of surviving.
2informal A total failure.
〈非正式〉彻底失败
the play had been a flop
这出戏全砸了。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was fortunate for them that both shared a profound interest in Astronomy, or the project would have been a total flop.
- Sadly, the rest of this $115m flop is far less memorable.
- He, being weak, was a total flop at sports and athletics, so he was all the jocks' favorite victim.
- What could be worse than to have your name automatically associated with an epic flop, even if you weren't responsible for its failure?
- I mean, what if we all pick one that is a total flop?
- You have some scenarios where it doesn't work out and then again, you have some players who stay in school for four years, come into the NBA and are a total flop.
- She had boyfriends and lovers, but later admitted: ‘I've been a total flop with men.’
- But this turned out to be a flop in Italy and has fared little better elsewhere.
- And to the chagrin of Danish film boosters and patriots, they all turned out to be relative flops.
- It pulls out all the stops to try to wipe her slate clean, to obliterate the flops and the failures of recent years.
- It might be a total flop, or it would be more popular.
- As far as a show of bombastic masculine bravura was concerned, this was a total flop.
- This is not to say that he is a total flop.
- That's an oversimplification, to be sure, but Dobbs' failure to meet audience expectations certainly contributed to the flop.
- This is a technically accurate film that had some really bad, wooden acting and it was a box office flop.
- The meeting lasted for three weeks, almost bankrupted the French treasury and - guess what - was a total flop.
- Not surprisingly it was a total flop, proof that critics and audiences had finally called time on the Broadway musical.
- However, it was a commercial flop - few people turned up because of poor publicity and freezing weather.
- A plan to import bicycles from Azerbaijan was a total flop.
- They don't want to have their photos in the paper in case it turns out to be a controversial flop.
Synonyms
failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser
3US informal A cheap place to sleep.
〈非正式，主美〉廉价旅馆，便宜栖身处
Example sentencesExamples
- At the flops, the bums all eat the same thing.
- Do you have a flop for the night?
- He hadn't been out of the flop in three weeks except to go to a corner store and buy food.

Origin

Early 17th century: variant of flap.

词汇	flop
释义	Definition of flop in English: flop verbflops, flopping, flopped flɒpflɑp [no object] 1with adverbial Fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way. 沉重下坠，笨拙移动，垂落 his blond hair flopped over his eyes Example sentencesExamples Viv tied it around her wrist so that it flopped around whenever she moved her arm. His hair flops into his eyes as he runs, muscle and skin moving effortlessly. The arms of the octopuses were still squirming and moving and flopping in every direction. He looked good anyway, with his wet blond hair flopped in his face, just brushing the top of his eyes. She looked understandably anxious, her pale face whiter than her greying hair which flopped towards her eyes. He was wearing his usual black framed glasses, with his hair flopping down to his face. Some of his dark hair flopped onto his forehead and I almost reached out to tuck it back into place. His dark brown, nearly black hair flopped over one eyebrow as he smiled crookedly, a smile girls back in Sanorn had once loved. Dark hair flopped messily over his forehead, and he had to keep pushing it out of his light brown eyes. To my surprise it's a young boy with a freckled, eager face and brown hair styled to flop over one eye, wearing black, carrying a rucksack and a bag. I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone. His golden hair flopped onto his forehead and stuck to it, soaking wet. Brellier's chin drops to his chest, his long hair flopping over his features, hiding an apparent embarrassment at the question. The bandage she had wrapped around her side had come loose and was now flopping wildly below her. He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder. His black hair is flopping into his eyes and I can see an earring in his ear. I walk in, socks sopping, hair flopping, dignity all over the place, and explain my dilemma. His hair flops, his suit sparkles, his shirt glitters. He had beautiful wavy brown hair that flopped onto his forehead. He was tall and had brown hair so dark it was almost black, which flopped over his green eyes. Synonyms hang (down), drop, hang loosely/limply, dangle, droop, sag, flap, loll 1.1 Sit or lie down heavily and suddenly, especially when very tired. （尤指疲劳时）扑通坐下，猛然倒下 Liz flopped down into the armchair 利兹一屁股坐在扶手椅上。 Example sentencesExamples Katerina laughed at her, trying to break her fall, before flopping down on top of her. Leeann squealed, suddenly flopping into a seat next to them. I flopped into a reclining seat and realized suddenly that I was sitting right next to Anthony. She flopped back down, tired in a way she hadn't been in a long time. Soon, Dai got tired and flopped down, leaning against the counter. The man fell over backwards flopping to the deck in unconsciousness. There was some brief talk of adjourning to the bar, but we were too tired, and so flopped under the tightly-tucked blankets and sheets instead. Sighing heavily, he flopped onto his bed and reached for the glove. When I flopped into my seat and pulled the door shut I was sobbing from the ordeal, out of breath, very cold, and wet right through. As he neared the boulders, Joe suddenly flopped to the ground. That concluded the nights broadcast and Danni exhaled heavily, flopping back onto the bed. Charlie sighed heavily and flopped down on his bed. At last we grew tired and flopped down in the cool grass to watch the clouds. Element moved past her and flopped down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head for relaxation. I flopped down onto my sleep sack, which was already damp from soaking up moisture from the soil. Suddenly exhausted, she flopped down on one of the many chairs that were scattered about Allyson's room. And as though summoned by my thought, he flops down into the seat on my left. Scarlett sighed heavily and flopped down onto a clear area on Jed's bed. Then, with chilled air pouring in down the back of my neck, you flop into your seat, oblivious. He grinned mindlessly at his stupid analogy, moving to go and flop on the couch again, though this time with energy and not-so-much black. Synonyms collapse, slump, crumple, subside, sink, drop, fall, tumble 1.2informal Rest or sleep in a specified place. 〈非正式〉（在指定地点）休息，睡觉 I'm going to flop here for the night 今晚我在这儿过夜。 Example sentencesExamples By the time we'd finished we pretty much all felt we'd had enough to last a month and ended up flopped in the lounge watching the Dating Channel on Sky. Of course, we all had far too much to eat, and ended up flopped on the settee feeling full but satisfied for the rest of the night. He flopped underneath a clump of trees and slept exhausted. It's far too hot - I'd rather be flopping in the park. When we got home I found myself to be unaccountably tired, so I flopped for a while. 1.3Basketball informal Deliberately fall or stumble in order to give the appearance of being fouled by an opponent. nearly everyone watching the game in Chicago believed James flopped Example sentencesExamples Flopping rules are different in the postseason because players aren't warned. They're going to have to alternate who flops on which play. Besides flopping, hustling, and playing good defense, he is also a 3-point specialist. But you do flop every two plays and you mostly have no reason to argue since most calls go your way, no? Why does a team with that much talent feel the need to flop every other play? The problem is they spent too much time teaching him to flop in practice. Golden State's Thompson stoked the tensions before the series when he accused the Clippers' player of flopping. If he flops (by the league's standards) a second time he gets a $5,000 fine. Players know flopping works to their advantage so they do it. Flopping had become a mysterious plague, forcing players' legs to buckle and their arms to flail in the air at the slightest hint of contact. 2informal (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally. 〈非正式〉（表演者，演出）彻底失败，演砸 the show flopped in London 这出戏在伦敦演砸了。 Example sentencesExamples Her career suffered a decline in the 1990s as a number of collaborative projects failed to take off and several films flopped. On the pitch he had problems leaving Villa, at Manchester United he flopped with some poor performances. All investors should realise that the majority of shares sold at initial public offerings flop and fail to recover the price that they were sold at. The crowds failed to materialise and both show and print flopped. However, Virgin's flotation flopped and Cruickshank moved into the public sector. Their portfolios and performance will suffer mightily if this issue is allowed to flop. Then it flopped, failing to capture that notorious off-screen chemistry, as did all her follow up films. I think he knew Dunaway was going to get most of the attention - and, if the show flopped, most of the blame. It is an idea that could flop, and simply move the drop-out bulge from freshman to junior year. Too many brilliant stand up comics have flopped when they've gone big to the big screen. Last year he flopped in the first round and failed to get beyond the second round in 1999 and 1998. The play flopped, but Peck's performance brought interest from Hollywood. If the replacement shows flop, the advertiser needs to be made whole. But a good many, if not most, of his shows flop, for reasons I can't comprehend, when I consider quality alone. In the past, the show became known for clashes between the DJs and for the crowd bottling performers who flopped. The great crime-busting experiment did not merely fail, it flopped spectacularly. They have flopped in the majors and their performance in Atlanta was particularly embarrassing. Renamed A Kingdom for a Cow, the show flopped and instantly disappeared. He was sacked from his radio show and his concerts flopped. He could flop, of course, or fail to deliver on his expansive ambitions. Synonyms be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, meet with disaster, come to grief, miss the mark, run aground informal bomb, bellyflop, fold, flatline, go to the wall, come a cropper, go down like a lead balloon, bite the dust, blow up in someone's face North American informal tank nounPlural flops flɒpflɑp 1A heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it. 沉重、松散又笨拙的动作；扑通声，重坠声 they hit the ground with a flop 他们扑通一声倒在地上。 Example sentencesExamples If she kept him far enough away, she thought grimly, ignoring the flops of her stomach every time she heard a step, she had a slightly larger chance of surviving. They dropped a rope ladder that fell with a flop all the way to the ground. Suddenly, with a sickening slush and smell, the contents came free, sliding to the ground with a dull flop. 2informal A total failure. 〈非正式〉彻底失败 the play had been a flop 这出戏全砸了。 Example sentencesExamples I mean, what if we all pick one that is a total flop? It might be a total flop, or it would be more popular. You have some scenarios where it doesn't work out and then again, you have some players who stay in school for four years, come into the NBA and are a total flop. She had boyfriends and lovers, but later admitted: ‘I've been a total flop with men.’ As far as a show of bombastic masculine bravura was concerned, this was a total flop. This is a technically accurate film that had some really bad, wooden acting and it was a box office flop. It was fortunate for them that both shared a profound interest in Astronomy, or the project would have been a total flop. And to the chagrin of Danish film boosters and patriots, they all turned out to be relative flops. That's an oversimplification, to be sure, but Dobbs' failure to meet audience expectations certainly contributed to the flop. A plan to import bicycles from Azerbaijan was a total flop. He, being weak, was a total flop at sports and athletics, so he was all the jocks' favorite victim. This is not to say that he is a total flop. The meeting lasted for three weeks, almost bankrupted the French treasury and - guess what - was a total flop. Not surprisingly it was a total flop, proof that critics and audiences had finally called time on the Broadway musical. Sadly, the rest of this $115m flop is far less memorable. However, it was a commercial flop - few people turned up because of poor publicity and freezing weather. They don't want to have their photos in the paper in case it turns out to be a controversial flop. What could be worse than to have your name automatically associated with an epic flop, even if you weren't responsible for its failure? But this turned out to be a flop in Italy and has fared little better elsewhere. It pulls out all the stops to try to wipe her slate clean, to obliterate the flops and the failures of recent years. Synonyms failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser British damp squib informal flopperoo, washout, also-ran, bellyflop, dud, dog, lemon, lead balloon, no-hoper, no-go, non-starter, fail North American clinker 3US informal A cheap place to sleep. 〈非正式，主美〉廉价旅馆，便宜栖身处 Example sentencesExamples Do you have a flop for the night? He hadn't been out of the flop in three weeks except to go to a corner store and buy food. At the flops, the bums all eat the same thing. Origin Early 17th century: variant of flap. flab from [1950s]: Flab was formed in the 1950s from the late 17th-century flabby, itself a form of flappy (late 16th century) from Middle English flap, which probably, along with its further variant flop (early 17th century), imitates the sound of something flapping. The slang use be in a flap about something dates from the early 20th century. Flabbergast, first mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang and probably an arbitrary invention, may have been modelled on flabby. Flaccid (early 17th century) comes from flaccus, the Latin for ‘flabby’. Rhymes atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop Definition of flop in US English: flop verbflɑpfläp 1with adverbial Fall, move, or hang in a heavy, loose, and ungainly way. 沉重下坠，笨拙移动，垂落 black hair flopped across his forehead 黑发在他额前甩来甩去。 Example sentencesExamples His hair flops into his eyes as he runs, muscle and skin moving effortlessly. Viv tied it around her wrist so that it flopped around whenever she moved her arm. The arms of the octopuses were still squirming and moving and flopping in every direction. The bandage she had wrapped around her side had come loose and was now flopping wildly below her. He had beautiful wavy brown hair that flopped onto his forehead. She looked understandably anxious, her pale face whiter than her greying hair which flopped towards her eyes. Brellier's chin drops to his chest, his long hair flopping over his features, hiding an apparent embarrassment at the question. I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone. He was tall and had brown hair so dark it was almost black, which flopped over his green eyes. He was wearing his usual black framed glasses, with his hair flopping down to his face. His golden hair flopped onto his forehead and stuck to it, soaking wet. He re-tied his dreads in a loose ponytail, which flopped over his left shoulder. Some of his dark hair flopped onto his forehead and I almost reached out to tuck it back into place. His hair flops, his suit sparkles, his shirt glitters. His dark brown, nearly black hair flopped over one eyebrow as he smiled crookedly, a smile girls back in Sanorn had once loved. His black hair is flopping into his eyes and I can see an earring in his ear. Dark hair flopped messily over his forehead, and he had to keep pushing it out of his light brown eyes. I walk in, socks sopping, hair flopping, dignity all over the place, and explain my dilemma. He looked good anyway, with his wet blond hair flopped in his face, just brushing the top of his eyes. To my surprise it's a young boy with a freckled, eager face and brown hair styled to flop over one eye, wearing black, carrying a rucksack and a bag. Synonyms hang, hang down, drop, hang limply, hang loosely, dangle, droop, sag, flap, loll 1.1 Sit or lie down heavily or suddenly in a specified place, especially when very tired. （尤指疲劳时）扑通坐下，猛然倒下 Liz flopped down into the armchair 利兹一屁股坐在扶手椅上。 Example sentencesExamples Leeann squealed, suddenly flopping into a seat next to them. Suddenly exhausted, she flopped down on one of the many chairs that were scattered about Allyson's room. Then, with chilled air pouring in down the back of my neck, you flop into your seat, oblivious. He grinned mindlessly at his stupid analogy, moving to go and flop on the couch again, though this time with energy and not-so-much black. Charlie sighed heavily and flopped down on his bed. Element moved past her and flopped down on his bed, putting his hands behind his head for relaxation. And as though summoned by my thought, he flops down into the seat on my left. There was some brief talk of adjourning to the bar, but we were too tired, and so flopped under the tightly-tucked blankets and sheets instead. When I flopped into my seat and pulled the door shut I was sobbing from the ordeal, out of breath, very cold, and wet right through. Scarlett sighed heavily and flopped down onto a clear area on Jed's bed. The man fell over backwards flopping to the deck in unconsciousness. As he neared the boulders, Joe suddenly flopped to the ground. At last we grew tired and flopped down in the cool grass to watch the clouds. I flopped into a reclining seat and realized suddenly that I was sitting right next to Anthony. Soon, Dai got tired and flopped down, leaning against the counter. That concluded the nights broadcast and Danni exhaled heavily, flopping back onto the bed. I flopped down onto my sleep sack, which was already damp from soaking up moisture from the soil. Katerina laughed at her, trying to break her fall, before flopping down on top of her. Sighing heavily, he flopped onto his bed and reached for the glove. She flopped back down, tired in a way she hadn't been in a long time. Synonyms collapse, slump, crumple, subside, sink, drop, fall, tumble 1.2informal Rest or sleep in a specified place. 〈非正式〉（在指定地点）休息，睡觉 I'm going to flop here for the night 今晚我在这儿过夜。 Example sentencesExamples He flopped underneath a clump of trees and slept exhausted. It's far too hot - I'd rather be flopping in the park. When we got home I found myself to be unaccountably tired, so I flopped for a while. By the time we'd finished we pretty much all felt we'd had enough to last a month and ended up flopped in the lounge watching the Dating Channel on Sky. Of course, we all had far too much to eat, and ended up flopped on the settee feeling full but satisfied for the rest of the night. 1.3Basketball informal Deliberately fall or stumble in order to give the appearance of being fouled by an opponent. nearly everyone watching the game in Chicago believed James flopped Example sentencesExamples Players know flopping works to their advantage so they do it. If he flops (by the league's standards) a second time he gets a $5,000 fine. The problem is they spent too much time teaching him to flop in practice. Why does a team with that much talent feel the need to flop every other play? They're going to have to alternate who flops on which play. But you do flop every two plays and you mostly have no reason to argue since most calls go your way, no? Besides flopping, hustling, and playing good defense, he is also a 3-point specialist. Flopping rules are different in the postseason because players aren't warned. Golden State's Thompson stoked the tensions before the series when he accused the Clippers' player of flopping. Flopping had become a mysterious plague, forcing players' legs to buckle and their arms to flail in the air at the slightest hint of contact. 2informal (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally. 〈非正式〉（表演者，演出）彻底失败，演砸 prime-time dramas that flopped in the US market Example sentencesExamples Too many brilliant stand up comics have flopped when they've gone big to the big screen. He was sacked from his radio show and his concerts flopped. The crowds failed to materialise and both show and print flopped. They have flopped in the majors and their performance in Atlanta was particularly embarrassing. Then it flopped, failing to capture that notorious off-screen chemistry, as did all her follow up films. Renamed A Kingdom for a Cow, the show flopped and instantly disappeared. Their portfolios and performance will suffer mightily if this issue is allowed to flop. I think he knew Dunaway was going to get most of the attention - and, if the show flopped, most of the blame. It is an idea that could flop, and simply move the drop-out bulge from freshman to junior year. On the pitch he had problems leaving Villa, at Manchester United he flopped with some poor performances. The play flopped, but Peck's performance brought interest from Hollywood. The great crime-busting experiment did not merely fail, it flopped spectacularly. Last year he flopped in the first round and failed to get beyond the second round in 1999 and 1998. All investors should realise that the majority of shares sold at initial public offerings flop and fail to recover the price that they were sold at. But a good many, if not most, of his shows flop, for reasons I can't comprehend, when I consider quality alone. Her career suffered a decline in the 1990s as a number of collaborative projects failed to take off and several films flopped. He could flop, of course, or fail to deliver on his expansive ambitions. In the past, the show became known for clashes between the DJs and for the crowd bottling performers who flopped. If the replacement shows flop, the advertiser needs to be made whole. However, Virgin's flotation flopped and Cruickshank moved into the public sector. Synonyms be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, meet with disaster, come to grief, miss the mark, run aground nounflɑpfläp 1A heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it. 沉重、松散又笨拙的动作；扑通声，重坠声 they hit the ground with a flop 他们扑通一声倒在地上。 Example sentencesExamples Suddenly, with a sickening slush and smell, the contents came free, sliding to the ground with a dull flop. They dropped a rope ladder that fell with a flop all the way to the ground. If she kept him far enough away, she thought grimly, ignoring the flops of her stomach every time she heard a step, she had a slightly larger chance of surviving. 2informal A total failure. 〈非正式〉彻底失败 the play had been a flop 这出戏全砸了。 Example sentencesExamples It was fortunate for them that both shared a profound interest in Astronomy, or the project would have been a total flop. Sadly, the rest of this $115m flop is far less memorable. He, being weak, was a total flop at sports and athletics, so he was all the jocks' favorite victim. What could be worse than to have your name automatically associated with an epic flop, even if you weren't responsible for its failure? I mean, what if we all pick one that is a total flop? You have some scenarios where it doesn't work out and then again, you have some players who stay in school for four years, come into the NBA and are a total flop. She had boyfriends and lovers, but later admitted: ‘I've been a total flop with men.’ But this turned out to be a flop in Italy and has fared little better elsewhere. And to the chagrin of Danish film boosters and patriots, they all turned out to be relative flops. It pulls out all the stops to try to wipe her slate clean, to obliterate the flops and the failures of recent years. It might be a total flop, or it would be more popular. As far as a show of bombastic masculine bravura was concerned, this was a total flop. This is not to say that he is a total flop. That's an oversimplification, to be sure, but Dobbs' failure to meet audience expectations certainly contributed to the flop. This is a technically accurate film that had some really bad, wooden acting and it was a box office flop. The meeting lasted for three weeks, almost bankrupted the French treasury and - guess what - was a total flop. Not surprisingly it was a total flop, proof that critics and audiences had finally called time on the Broadway musical. However, it was a commercial flop - few people turned up because of poor publicity and freezing weather. A plan to import bicycles from Azerbaijan was a total flop. They don't want to have their photos in the paper in case it turns out to be a controversial flop. Synonyms failure, disaster, debacle, catastrophe, loser 3US informal A cheap place to sleep. 〈非正式，主美〉廉价旅馆，便宜栖身处 Example sentencesExamples At the flops, the bums all eat the same thing. Do you have a flop for the night? He hadn't been out of the flop in three weeks except to go to a corner store and buy food. Origin Early 17th century: variant of flap.
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