flippers

英 [ˈflɪpəz]

美 [ˈflɪpərz]

n.  (海豹、海龟等的)鳍肢，鳍足; (潜水、游泳用的)脚蹼，蛙鞋，鸭脚板，橡皮脚掌
flipper的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脚蹼;橡皮脚掌;鸭脚板
  Flippersare flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on your feet to help you swim more quickly, especially underwater.
• (海豹等的)鳍状肢，鳍足
  Theflippersof an animal that lives in water, for example a seal or a penguin, are the two or four flat limbs which it uses for swimming.

双语例句

• Flippers allow the swimmer to concentrate on arm technique because it improves the efficiency of each kick, helping to maintain momentum.
  允许游泳运动员的鳍状肢臂技术集中精力，因为它能有效运作的每一踢，帮助保持发展势头。
• Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives.
  有长的鳍状肢的大型须鲸，以其潜水时背部为拱形或有肉锋而闻名。
• But neo-Marxist visions of burger flippers on the barricades seem a touch too paranoid.
  但新马克思主义者梦想的社会底层劳动者都走上街头抗议的情景，则显得过于妄想。
• Penguins use their wings as flippers.
  企鹅把翅膀当作鳍来使用。
• They are beautiful to watch as their large flippers move them gracefully through the blue waters.
  它们优雅地划动着鳍状肢，游弋在蓝色的大海里，看起来很漂亮。
• It burst in 2000, but was soon replaced with another bubble, involving smart "flippers" of properties.
  它于2000年破灭，但很快就被另一场泡沫接替，涉及聪明的“倒腾房地产的人”。
• Many first time flippers don't realize this and are surprised when they lose a good portion of their profits in the form of income tax.
  许多第一次潜水不明白这是好的惊奇当他们失去了一部分企业利润的形式所得税。
• So the quick property flippers are gone and the people who are buying now are the serious buyers.
  因此倒腾房产的人走了，现在买房的人是些正儿八经的买房者了。
• Their forelegs had turned into the flippers that today's whales use for steering;
  它们的前腿变成鳍状肢，今天的鲸鱼便是用它来掌握方向的；
• Insulation protects the leatherback everywhere but on its head and flippers.
  隔热层为棱皮龟的全身上下都提供了保护，除了头部和鳍状肢。