flailing

英 [ˈfleɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈfleɪlɪŋ]

v.  乱动; 胡乱摆动; (尤指用棍棒)猛击，猛打
flail的现在分词

现在分词：flailing　复数：flailings　

BNC.24275 / COCA.22994

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (四肢)拼命乱动,使劲乱摆
  If your arms or legsflailor if youflailthem about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way.
  1. His arms were flailing in all directions...
     他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。
  2. He gave a choked cry, flailed his arms wildly for a moment, and then went over the edge.
     他闷哼了一声，手臂乱挥了几下，就从边上摔了下去。
  3. Flail aroundmeans the same asflail.
     flail around 同 flail
  4. He started flailing around and hitting Vincent in the chest.
     他的手臂开始胡乱挥舞起来，打在了文森特胸口上。
• 连枷(脱粒用的农具)
  Aflailis a tool which consists of a piece of wood or metal that can swing freely from a handle. Flails are used to beat crops such as corn in order to separate the grain from the rest of the plant.

双语例句

• The animal was caught, its legs flailing wildly.
  这只动物被逮住了，四肢胡乱地踢蹬着。
• He was running along, his arms flailing wildly.
  他向前跑，拼命摆动双臂。
• Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.
  行动是在底部的一种凶猛和连枷的武器用以获得平衡并保持漂浮。
• A scene of hurtling bodies and flailing and arms, slipping and sliding like human sleighs.
  一个镜头飞驰机构和无序和武器，滑移和滑动像人类雪橇。
• I grabbed onto the chrome handle by the door with both hands as tight as I could, flailing my legs to try and break their grip.
  我费力地两手紧紧抓住车门上的铬把手，双腿努力地踹试图挣脱他们的钳制。
• Instead of lingering at the intersection flailing your hand in the air, you fish out your smartphone.
  现在不用徘徊十字路口招手了，只要掏出智能手机，轻触几下，租车公司Uber简洁而具有未来主义风格的公司标识就会跳出来。
• These are sort of flailing away at different ideas but another way of doing& an older way is proposed by Plato, who viewed laughter as a form of bonding against a common enemy.
  我现在说的都是各种猜想，但从另一个角度看，一个古老的角度，这是由柏拉图提出的，他认为笑是一种巩固感情的形式，对抗共同的敌人。
• Now, you notice the boss does not go into the pool with you, and many bosses are actually busy, so they may actually head off to another swimming pool while you're flailing around in your pool.
  在这则故事中，你发现救生员并没有和你一起下水，许多老板非常忙，当你在游泳池中奋力挣扎时，他们可能根本不会跳下来帮你。
• I feel as if much of my real education has been a direct reaction to flailing about during my college years.
  我觉得真正的教育大部分都反映在我对大学时光的挥舞。
• He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse.
  他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻，为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。