flip-flop的意思

flip-flop

基本解释

n. [电子] 触发器；啪嗒啪嗒的响声；向后翻的筋斗

vt. 使翻转；使突然转变

vi. 作后手翻；突然改变；啪嗒啪嗒地动

adj. 后手翻的；突然改变的

adv. 啪嗒啪嗒响着

flip-flop (n.): also flip flop, "plastic thong beach sandal," by 1970, imitative of the sound of walking in them. Flip-flap had been used in various senses, mostly echoic or imitative of a kind of loose flapping movement, since 1520s:
Flip-flaps, a peculiar rollicking dance indulged in by costermongers, better described as the double shuffle; originally a kind of somersault. [Hotten's Slang Dictionary, 1864]
Flip-flop in the general sense of "complete reversal of direction" dates from 1900; it began to be used in electronics in the 1930s in reference to switching circuits that alternate between two states. As a verb by 1897. Flop (n.) in the sense "a turn-round, especially in politics" is from 1880.

2. The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.: 贸易赤字是经济快速发展带来的负面产物。

3. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away.: 他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。

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。

5. 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。