flail

英 [fleɪl]

美 [fleɪl]

v.  乱动; 胡乱摆动; (尤指用棍棒)猛击，猛打
n.  连枷(旧时长柄脱粒农具)

现在分词：flailing　过去式：flailed　复数：flails　第三人称单数：flails　过去分词：flailed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20795 / COCA.12868

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 乱动；胡乱摆动
  to move around without control; to move your arms and legs around without control
  1. The boys flailed around on the floor.
     男孩子们在地板上任意地动来动去。
  2. He was running along, his arms flailing wildly.
     他向前跑，拼命摆动双臂。
• （尤指用棍棒）猛击，猛打
  to hit sb/sth very hard, especially with a stick

noun

• 连枷（旧时长柄脱粒农具）
  a tool that has a long handle with a stick swinging from it, used especially in the past to separate grains of wheat from their dry outer covering, by beating the wheat

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.

英英释义

noun

• an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end

verb

• give a thrashing to
  Synonym:thrashthreshlam
• move like a flail
  1. Her arms were flailing
  Synonym:thresh

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