| 词汇 | flailing |
| 释义 | flailing present 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。 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 flailingflailing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This seems evident from the flailing and wailing of an infant in acute pain. No orchestra takes the first as fast as the marked 100; timpanists couldn't buy insurance for brachial failure from the prescribed flailing. Cordal rupture was observed in seven patients (12.5%), and three of them with marked flailing of the leaflets were referred for surgery. They are flailing about and are desperately out of touch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was flailing for something on which to cling to avoid the accusation of total absurdity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seemed to be flailing around helplessly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the 1890s farm workers burnt the threshing machines because they thought that those modern inventions would do them out of their winter work of flailing corn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is part of the general atmosphere of a government at once decaying and flailing with increasing bad temper against any criticism of their own worsening performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were flailing around in the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But horrid doctor skills and flailing at the very public sport of tennis, and his obliviousness to it all? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Speyer was one of those people who were solid, and even solemn, at an age when others are still flailing and unsure of themselves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ground shook harder, and more arms were flailing about (and blocking my viewalthough, my lack of height may have something to with that). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He shook dreadfully for a time, and groaned while flailing about. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Onstage, he exhibited an idiosyncratic physical intensity, flailing his arms and playing air guitar, occasionally giving superfluous cues to his band. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If tied down, the victim's flailing might pull his/her arms from their sockets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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