flips

英 [flɪps]

美 [flɪps]

v.  (使)快速翻转，迅速翻动; 按(开关); 按(按钮); 开(或关)(机器等); (用手指)轻抛，轻掷
flip的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 迅速打开(或关掉)(装置);按(开关)
  If youflipa device on or off, or if youflipa switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.
  1. He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away...
     他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。
  2. Then he walked out, flipping the lights off...
     然后他走了出来，把灯关掉了。
  3. He flipped the timer switch.
     他按了一下定时开关。
• VERB 快速翻阅;浏览
  If youflipthrough the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.
  1. He was flipping through a magazine in the living room...
     他在起居室里翻看着杂志。
  2. He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
     他快速翻了一下那本日志，然后开始读最后一篇。
• V-ERG (使)移动;(使)转动;(使)翻动
  If somethingflipsover, or if youflipit over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position.
  1. The plane then flipped over and burst into flames...
     接着飞机突然翻转并燃起了大火。
  2. He flipped it neatly on to the plate.
     他干净利索地把它盛到了盘子里。
• VERB (用拇指)弹，抛，掷
  If youflipsomething, especially a coin, you use your thumb to make it turn over and over, as it goes through the air.
  1. I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it...
     我从口袋里掏出一个硬币，把它弹向空中。
  2. I flipped a butt out of the window and drove on.
     我把烟蒂弹出车窗外继续开车。
  3. Flipis also a noun.
     
  4. ...having gambled all on the flip of a coin.
     把所有赌注都押在了一次抛硬币上
• VERB 突然心烦意乱;勃然大怒
  If someoneflips, they suddenly become extremely upset or angry because of something that has happened.
  1. He got so provoked that he flipped.
     他被激怒了，发起火来。
• ADJ-GRADED 轻率的;随便的;不严肃的
  If you say that someone is beingflip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.
  1. ...a flip answer...
     草率的回答
  2. The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
     这本书的笔调有些时候太不严肃了。

双语例句

• Or let me put it this way: Gathering "other" evidence makes about as much sense as trying to determine whether the next flip of a coin will be heads, after the last ten flips came up tails.
  或者让我这么说：收集“其它”证据和10次掷硬币的结果是反面，现在决定下一次是积极，还是反面，是一个道理。
• Then the next thing I know, she flips a wig, she's screaming about her sister.
  后来我知道的就是，她把假发给甩了，对着她姐姐大声叫嚷。
• When a brief pulse of electricity is sent to the read/ write head it flips on a tiny electromagnet for a fraction of a second.
  当一个简单的电脉冲被送到读写头，它会短时间内出现一个小的电磁。
• This is crucial for tasks like sentiment detection where a negation word such as "not" flips the sentiment of a whole sentence.
  这对于某些任务很重要，比如在情感检测中一个否定词（比如“not”）会反转整个句子的意义。
• Our research shows that this unique protein flips the last switch in a multi-step process that gives cells the very powerful property of pluripotency.
  我们的研究显示该独特的蛋白质扳动了多步骤过程中的最后开关，使细胞具有非常强大的多向分化潜能的特征。
• Short videos on his Facebook page Bruce Hazara show him performing back flips and striking Lee's famous poses.
  他的脸书上有李小龙哈扎拉的短视频，视频展示了他表演后空翻，并打出了李小龙最出名的姿势。
• Having your seat belt on could also help you maintain your sense of orientation if the car flips upside-down.
  系紧安全带还能够帮助你在车子完全颠倒时保持自己的方向感。
• For instance, the Not() function flips the value of a bit.
  例如，Not（）函数会把一位的值取反。
• I really get mad when someone flips me off.
  当有人对我轻弹指头时，我真的快气疯了。
• After going through some dated medical books, Changfeng picks up one of XiaoLun's textbooks and flips it.
  长风翻看了几本陈旧的医学著作后，又拿起了小伦的一本中学教科书翻看着。