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词汇 flailed
释义 flailed
past simple and past participle offlail
flail
verb[ I or T ]
uk /fleɪl/ us /fleɪl/(alsoflail about/around)
(especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way: (尤指手臂和双腿)乱动,胡乱摆动
A wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.一只黄蜂冲我们飞来,霍华德开始使劲挥舞胳膊。
She ran from the house in a terrible rage, her arms flailing in the air.她怒不可遏地从房子里跑出来,手臂在空中乱挥乱打。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
chatter
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
quiver
recoil
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
whip

Examples of flailed


flailed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He charged in and flailed frantically around without landing a single punch.
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Shrapnel flailed the superstructure of the tanker, wounding 14 men.
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He stripped his clothes and flailed through the underbrush, for about half an hour.
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It is often flailed in large figure-8 patterns across the body with such speed and violence that the displacement of air is loudly discernible.
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She flailed at the men with her umbrella and then rushed to the kings apartments to identify the conspirators.
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What ensued was a farcical fist fight in which the combatants were unable to keep their footing on the ice as they flailed away at each other.
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