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

• 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。
• The flailing started before she got anywhere near that car.
  扭动是在她还没接近车的时候就开始了。
• 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。
• After a good eight seconds of flailing, grabbing, and poking at the air above my desk, Frank Welty finally unholstered his sidearm and put me out of my misery.
  我在桌子上朝空气又抓又砸又戳地比划了八秒钟，弗兰克•威尔提终于掏出手枪把我干掉了。
• C-T-R was flailing when it hired Watson to take charge in 1914.
  1914年沃森受聘执掌该公司时，C-T-R处于风雨飘摇之中。
• It has backed off from Forex accumulation, launched a mega stimulus and held the renminbi stable against the US dollar when other Asian currencies were flailing.
  中国放弃了积累外汇储备的做法，出台了大规模经济刺激计划，并在其它亚洲货币日渐疲软之际，保持了人民币兑美元汇率稳定。
• The animal was caught, its legs flailing wildly.
  这只动物被逮住了，四肢胡乱地踢蹬着。
• 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。
• 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。
• Boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
  在拳击场上互相猛击的拳手。