flailing

英 [ˈfleɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈfleɪlɪŋ]

v.  乱动; 胡乱摆动; (尤指用棍棒)猛击，猛打
flail的现在分词

现在分词：flailing　复数：flailings　

BNC.24275 / COCA.22994

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (四肢)拼命乱动,使劲乱摆
  If your arms or legsflailor if youflailthem about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way.
  1. His arms were flailing in all directions...
     他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。
  2. He gave a choked cry, flailed his arms wildly for a moment, and then went over the edge.
     他闷哼了一声，手臂乱挥了几下，就从边上摔了下去。
  3. Flail aroundmeans the same asflail.
     flail around 同 flail
  4. He started flailing around and hitting Vincent in the chest.
     他的手臂开始胡乱挥舞起来，打在了文森特胸口上。
• 连枷(脱粒用的农具)
  Aflailis a tool which consists of a piece of wood or metal that can swing freely from a handle. Flails are used to beat crops such as corn in order to separate the grain from the rest of the plant.

双语例句

• I feel as if much of my real education has been a direct reaction to flailing about during my college years.
  我觉得真正的教育大部分都反映在我对大学时光的挥舞。
• But many are concerned not so much about a failed president as about a flailing nation.
  但是与其说人们更加关心一个失败的总统，不如说更加关心一个动荡的国家。
• Avoid flailing them about, wringing them together, cracking your knuckles, or toying with your rings.
  不要使劲儿地挥动双手，不要把双手绞在一起，不要压指关节，或玩弄指环。
• The guard shoves me forward and I stumble out into the unknown, my arms flailing to protect against unseen perils that lie ahead of me in the black air.
  保安往前推了我一把，我跌进了未知之中，我双臂乱舞，以防备黑暗中看不见的危险。
• He doesn't so much dance as self-detonate, limbs flailing, chest twitching, legs bending. It's like the inner demons of every deranged character he's played have come together to rough up his body.
  他没有太多的花架式，只是含胸挥臂，弯腿痉挛式的自我疯狂罢了，就像被那些他曾饰演过的疯狂人物心中隐藏的魔鬼冲撞着他的身体一样。
• Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.
  行动是在底部的一种凶猛和连枷的武器用以获得平衡并保持漂浮。
• These are sort of flailing away at different ideas but another way of doing& an older way is proposed by Plato, who viewed laughter as a form of bonding against a common enemy.
  我现在说的都是各种猜想，但从另一个角度看，一个古老的角度，这是由柏拉图提出的，他认为笑是一种巩固感情的形式，对抗共同的敌人。
• A scene of hurtling bodies and flailing and arms, slipping and sliding like human sleighs.
  一个镜头飞驰机构和无序和武器，滑移和滑动像人类雪橇。
• Blindly you reach out from under the covers, flailing your arm in the hopes of hitting the tiny snooze button before the clock hits the floor.
  盲目地你伸出从下的覆盖，打你的胳膊希望击中那个小的瞌睡按钮在闹钟掉到地板之前。
• Instead of lingering at the intersection flailing your hand in the air, you fish out your smartphone.
  现在不用徘徊十字路口招手了，只要掏出智能手机，轻触几下，租车公司Uber简洁而具有未来主义风格的公司标识就会跳出来。