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。
flopping into + body part as target
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。
flopping down + repeated action
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。
flopping over + inanimate subject
- flopping down
- flopping onto the bed
- flopping around
- 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。
flopping with + audience group
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。
flopping until + turning-point clause
- flopping at the box office
- flopping with critics
- flopping commercially
- 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。
flopping + plural-business subject
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。
the flopping of + plural startups (event-noun)
- the flopping of the film
- flopping of a business
- 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。
gentle flopping + laundry sound
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。
a loud flopping came from + location
- the flopping of fish
- flopping of laundry
- loud flopping
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。
flopping speed of a chip + comparative use
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。
flopping figures for + each processor
- flopping rate
- flopping count
- flopping speed
- 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。
tossed [object] flopping onto + cooking surface
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。
fell flopping into + body of water
- fell flopping into
- landed flopping onto
- 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.