flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

n.  人字拖鞋; 夹脚趾拖鞋
v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 人字拖鞋
  Flip-flopsare open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs


• VERB (尤指政客)改变决定，转持相反观点
  If you say that someone, especially a politician,flip-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
  1. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
     他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
  2. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
     他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定，现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢？
  3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
     
  4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
     总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

双语例句

• Kick off your flip-flops, pour yourself a lemonade, and curl up with the summer's best seller.
  行动起来，倒上一杯柠檬汁，开始仔细阅读这本夏季最畅销的书。
• Flip-flops show off your toes and keep the sand out.
  沙滩鞋是展示脚趾并防沙的关键。
• I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops.
  我看到凯蒂海伦穿着军短裤和拖鞋。
• You can still be subtly adventurous. Just never wear flip-flops.
  你还可以穿得再大胆一些。
• SSI chips are usually basic logic gates and flip-flops.
  小型集成电路通常是最基本的逻辑栅门。
• Based on the binary mono-stable flip-flops, this paper proposes the design of quaternary mono-stable flip-flops.
  在二值单稳态触发器设计的基础上，提出了四值单稳态触发器的设计方案。
• A woman in plastic flip-flops carried a black bucket filled with urine downstairs, accompanied by a young boy wearing only underwear.
  楼下，一位妇女趿着人字拖，手里提着个黑色尿壶，身旁的一个男孩子只穿了底裤。
• Instead we got two nice beds, a TV and bathroom with complimentary soap, toothbrushes and flip-flops.
  可那的环境很好，两张好床，一部电视，配有香皂的冲凉房，还有牙刷。
• According to different sensitive transitions of flip-flops used in sequential circuits, design and analysis methods for asynchronous sequential circuits are proposed by using the combinatorial clock.
  本文根据电路中采用的触发器的不同敏感沿，提出采用组合时钟的异步时序电路的设计和分析方法。
• The reason may be that people tend to grip flip-flops with their toes.
  其原因可能在于人们趋向于用脚趾紧紧夹住人字拖鞋。