flippers

英 [ˈflɪpəz]

美 [ˈflɪpərz]

n.  (海豹、海龟等的)鳍肢，鳍足; (潜水、游泳用的)脚蹼，蛙鞋，鸭脚板，橡皮脚掌
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柯林斯词典

• 脚蹼;橡皮脚掌;鸭脚板
  Flippersare flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on your feet to help you swim more quickly, especially underwater.
• (海豹等的)鳍状肢，鳍足
  Theflippersof an animal that lives in water, for example a seal or a penguin, are the two or four flat limbs which it uses for swimming.

双语例句

• But we want you to slap on your flippers, dive into the controversy, and judge for yourself.
  但是我们想要你拍动身上的潜水脚蹼，潜入这场争论中，自己做出判断。
• Simply because those who would save the planet have feet and not flippers, and breathe air rather than water, they've called themselves greens rather than blues.
  这仅仅是因为那些拯救地球的人长有脚而不是鳍状肢，他们呼吸空气而不是水，他们自称为绿色主义者而不是蓝色主义者。
• She splashes in the water with her flippers.
  她用鱼鳍跃入水中。
• So now he's got two busted flippers, so I said to him.
  现在他弄了两只假手，因此我对他说。
• Penguins use their wings as flippers.
  企鹅把翅膀当作鳍来使用。
• Like a baby bird embarking on its first flight, a just-hatched turtle, flippers outspread and eyes wide, swims just below the ocean's surface in the waters of French Polynesia.
  一只刚孵化的海龟像开始第一次飞翔的小鸟一样睁大眼睛张开脚蹼，在法属波利尼西亚海域水面以下游泳。
• Many first time flippers don't realize this and are surprised when they lose a good portion of their profits in the form of income tax.
  许多第一次潜水不明白这是好的惊奇当他们失去了一部分企业利润的形式所得税。
• But neo-Marxist visions of burger flippers on the barricades seem a touch too paranoid.
  但新马克思主义者梦想的社会底层劳动者都走上街头抗议的情景，则显得过于妄想。
• The body of the whale is like that of a fish but remnants offorelimbs can be seen in the creature's front flippers.
  鲸鱼的身体跟鱼很像，但是可以在他们的前面的鳍状肢看到前肢的残迹。
• So the quick property flippers are gone and the people who are buying now are the serious buyers.
  因此倒腾房产的人走了，现在买房的人是些正儿八经的买房者了。