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Flounder 英 Deep 记 Flaundə V.挣扎;艰苦地移动;N.比目鱼 V.挣扎(Plunge Stumbling

单词 flounder
音标 ['flaundə]
解释 v.挣扎;艰苦地移动;n.比目鱼
红宝书 【英】 v.挣扎(plunge about in a stumbling manner);艰苦地移动(to struggle awkwardly to move, as in deep mud or snow)
【考】 反义词:act gracefully(优雅地行 动); slide(滑行)
【记】 分割记忆:flo看作fl ow(流),under(在…下 面),在下面流动→挣扎
【例】 The horse and its rider floundered through the deep snow.flounder['flaUndE]n . 比目鱼
【英】 n. 比目鱼(flatfish)
【记】 分割记忆:flo看作flo w(流),under(在...下 面),在下面流动→挣扎
字源 flounder (v.)
1590s, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), 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 derived from this sense, from 1867.
flounder (n.)
flatfish, c.1300, from Anglo-French floundre, from Old North French flondre, from Old Norse flydhra; related to Middle Low German vlundere, Danish flynder; ultimately cognate with Greek platys "flat, wide, broad" (see plaice (n.)).
不择手段背单词 v. 挣扎(尝试着移动或重获平衡); 笨重地移动; n 比目鱼(有侧扁的身体, 两眼位于上侧: flow under的结果) = flatfish
【记】flo = flow, under: 在水下面没有氧气瓶-挣扎
【类】flounder: process 挣扎是困难地行进
【反】act gracefully(优雅地动); slide(v /n 滑行)
趣味全助记 【记】源自founder 摔倒,沉没→沉在底部,flounder指还能走,比founder多个l,看成撑着的木杖;found- 基础,底部;flow + under 底下在流,你挣扎,艰苦地移动,因为底下的水湍流不息
【相关】founder 沉没,摔倒,倒塌,失败,foundation 基础;blunder 跌跌撞撞地走, 犯错

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