flopping
flopping — 動詞
1. dropping, falling, or moving the body in a heavy, loose way without trying to co
癱倒；攤落
身體鬆軟地重重落下或攤開
dropping, falling, or moving the body in a heavy, loose way without trying to control where you land — often because you are tired or relaxing.
Arjun came home from football practice and started flopping onto the sofa.
Arjun 從足球練習回到家後，就一直癱倒在沙發上。
flopping + onto + furniture target
The puppies were flopping around in the long grass while Diego watched.
小狗們在長草中翻滾癱攤著，Diego 在一旁看著。
flopping around + animate subject
Noor's wet hair kept flopping into her eyes during the picnic.
野餐時，Noor 濕掉的頭髮一直攤落到她的眼前。
After the long hike, Minho was flopping down on every park bench he passed.
走了那趟長途健行後，Minho 每經過一張公園長椅就癱倒下去。
Cooked noodles were flopping over the edge of the bowl onto the kitchen counter.
煮好的麵條從碗緣攤落到廚房檯面上。
- collapsing
more dramatic, suggests sudden loss of strength
- slumping
stresses the slow, heavy sinking shape
- sprawling
emphasises arms and legs spreading out wide
- perching
implies a careful, balanced landing on the edge of something
文法句型
be flopping + on/onto/into/down
用法筆記
Subject is usually animate (a tired person, a small animal) or something loose and floppy (wet hair, cooked food, a fish out of water). Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is about physical motion, never about failure.
常見錯誤
2. of a film, book, song, product, or business venture: failing to attract an audie
慘敗；失利
作品或生意完全失敗、賣不出去
of a film, book, song, product, or business venture: failing to attract an audience or buyers, so that it loses money or is judged a total failure.
The new superhero sequel is flopping at the Taiwan box office this weekend.
新的超級英雄續集這個週末在台灣的票房正在慘敗。
flopping at + sales venue
Amihan worried her bakery was flopping after three quiet months in a row.
連續三個月生意冷清後，Amihan 擔心她的麵包店正在慘敗。
flopping + small-business subject
The lead singer admitted their second album was flopping with younger listeners.
主唱坦承他們的第二張專輯在年輕聽眾之間票房失利。
Élise's restaurant was flopping until she changed the menu and lowered prices.
Élise 的餐廳一直慘敗，直到她換了菜單並降低價格。
- thriving
growing and doing well over a period of time
文法句型
[creative work / business] + is flopping
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a creative work, product, or commercial venture — not a person directly. Often appears in continuous form when the failure is unfolding in real time (current sales, current reception). Use past tense 'flopped' for a finished failure.
常見錯誤
flopping — 名詞
1. the event of a film, show, product, or business failing badly in the market — us
慘敗；失敗作
票房或生意上徹底失敗的事件
the event of a film, show, product, or business failing badly in the market — used as a noun naming the failure itself.
The flopping of Mira's first restaurant taught her how to read a neighbourhood before signing a lease.
Mira 第一家餐廳的慘敗，教會她在簽約前先觀察一個社區。
the flopping of + noun (event-noun use)
Asher blamed the flopping of the new album on poor marketing rather than the songs.
Asher 把新專輯的票房慘敗歸咎於行銷不力，而不是歌曲本身。
blamed the flopping of + creative work
Investors fear the flopping of small bookshops will continue across the city this year.
投資人擔心今年市內小書店的接連慘敗會繼續下去。
The flopping of Zola's two startups in one year finally taught her how to test an idea cheaply first.
Zola 兩家新創公司在同一年內的接連慘敗，終於教會她要先用便宜的方式驗證想法。
- success
broad opposite covering any positive outcome
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'the flopping of [thing]' — naming a specific commercial or creative failure. Plural 'floppings' is rare; native speakers usually choose 'flops' as the count noun. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is about commercial outcome, not physical movement.
常見錯誤
2. the soft, heavy noise (or the motion that makes it) when something loose lands o
啪嗒落下聲
東西鬆軟重重落下的動作或聲音
the soft, heavy noise (or the motion that makes it) when something loose lands on a surface without control — like a wet fish hitting a deck or a tired body landing on a bed.
Bao heard the flopping of fish in the wooden bucket beside the dock.
Bao 聽見魚在碼頭邊木桶裡啪嗒落下的聲音。
flopping of + animal subject + container
The flopping of Liam's heavy backpack onto the tiled floor woke the baby.
Liam 沉重的後背包啪嗒落到磁磚地板上，把寶寶吵醒了。
flopping of + heavy object onto + surface
Gita listened to the gentle flopping of wet laundry as the spin cycle slowed down.
Gita 一邊聽著洗衣機轉速放慢時濕衣服輕輕拍落的聲音。
A loud flopping came from the attic, where the cat was knocking books off a shelf.
閣樓上傳來響亮的啪嗒落下聲，原來是貓把書從架上撞下來。
用法筆記
Refers to the action OR the sound it makes; the sound is usually soft and wet rather than sharp. Frequently appears with 'of' + the falling thing, or as a bare noun describing a single audible event. Distinguish from sense 1 (commercial failure) and sense 3 (computing speed).
3. a measure of computing speed equal to one decimal-number calculation each second
浮點運算速率
電腦每秒浮點運算的次數
a measure of computing speed equal to one decimal-number calculation each second — the rate engineers track when comparing how fast supercomputers handle scientific maths.
Tendai's research group measured the flopping rate of the new GPU during a week-long benchmark.
Tendai 的研究團隊用一週的基準測試，量測新款 GPU 的浮點運算速率。
flopping rate of + hardware (domain: computing)
The flopping count of the lab's old server was finally too low for the new climate model.
實驗室那台舊伺服器的浮點運算次數，對於新的氣候模型來說終於太低了。
flopping count of + server (technical noun)
Andrew explained that the flopping speed of a chip can be more important than its memory size for scientific computing.
Andrew 解釋說，對科學運算而言，晶片的浮點運算速率有時比記憶體大小更重要。
Ingrid plotted the flopping figures for each processor on the seminar whiteboard.
Ingrid 在研討會白板上畫出每顆處理器的浮點運算數值。
- throughput
broader: any rate of work done by a system per second
用法筆記
Highly technical; almost only used in computing research, hardware reviews, and supercomputer benchmarks. The unit is usually written as the acronym FLOPS in technical text; the noun 'flopping' appears in extended descriptions of the rate, count, or speed. Not used in everyday speech.
flopping — 副詞
1. with a heavy, slapping landing that hits a target right in the middle — used aft
啪嗒地正中
重重一聲正好落在目標上
with a heavy, slapping landing that hits a target right in the middle — used after a verb of motion to stress how squarely the thing landed.
Soraya threw the wet towel flopping into the laundry basket from across the room.
Soraya 從房間另一頭把濕毛巾啪嗒一聲正中地丟進洗衣籃。
[verb] + flopping + into + target (adverbial)
The watermelon slid off the table and landed flopping onto the kitchen tiles.
西瓜從桌上滑下，啪嗒一聲正落在廚房磁磚上。
landed flopping onto + surface
Yuki tossed the salmon fillet flopping onto the hot grill pan.
Yuki 把那塊鮭魚排啪嗒一聲正落到燒熱的烤盤上。
Iker fell flopping into the swimming pool fully dressed after losing the bet.
輸了賭注後，Iker 穿著衣服啪嗒一聲正掉進游泳池裡。
- vaguely
implies an imprecise, off-center landing
文法句型
[verb of motion] + flopping + into/onto/in
用法筆記
Rare and very informal; only attested in American English. Combines the manner of a wet, heavy landing with the precision of hitting a target exactly. Native speakers more often choose 'right' or 'smack' for the same precision feel. Distinguish from the verb sense by position: as an adverb it modifies a separate verb of motion (threw, fell, tossed) instead of being the main verb itself.