flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

n.  人字拖鞋; 夹脚趾拖鞋
v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 人字拖鞋
  Flip-flopsare open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs


• VERB (尤指政客)改变决定，转持相反观点
  If you say that someone, especially a politician,flip-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
  1. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
     他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
  2. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
     他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定，现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢？
  3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
     
  4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
     总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

双语例句

• Novel current-mode CMOS quaternary edge-triggered flip-flops
  新型电流型CMOS四值边沿触发器设计
• Denim, T-shirts and flip-flops all'90s phenoms are only acceptable in the most casual of work environments.
  粗斜纹棉布，圆领衬衣，拖鞋等等90后的特征，在非常随意的工作环境中才是可以的。
• Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.
  亚拉巴马州的奥本大学研究了夹趾拖鞋的生物力学原理，得出穿人字型样式的夹脚趾拖鞋会导致脚部，关节部位和腿部的疼痛的结论。
• Kick off your flip-flops, pour yourself a lemonade, and curl up with the summer's best seller.
  行动起来，倒上一杯柠檬汁，开始仔细阅读这本夏季最畅销的书。
• Do not wear flip-flops or sneakers, unless you are interviewing to be a lead singer for a rock band.
  除非你是去面试摇滚乐队主唱，不然面试就别穿人字拖或运动鞋。
• A car pulled up on the dirt patch in front of Ma's store. In walked a man in white shorts, a white golf shirt and flip-flops.
  一辆小汽车停在马继广小店门前的泥土地上，走进来一位身穿白色短裤，白色高尔夫球衫和夹趾拖鞋的人。
• Based on the binary mono-stable flip-flops, this paper proposes the design of quaternary mono-stable flip-flops.
  在二值单稳态触发器设计的基础上，提出了四值单稳态触发器的设计方案。
• Shelves are laden with traditional Burmese staples such as pickled tea-leaf salad, pungent spices, felt-and-leather flip-flops and ladies 'batik sarongs.
  货架上摆满了传统的缅甸产品，如腌茶拌菜、辛辣调味品、毛毡和皮革制成的人字拖鞋，还有女式蜡染桶裙。
• Clock regulate the operation of a digital system by allowing time for new results to be calculated by logic gates and then capturing the results in flip-flops.
  时钟信号控制着数字系统的操作，它让逻辑门计算新的结果，然后由触发器存储执行结果。
• Pick something practical over something cute, and be careful when it comes to flip-flops and sandals.
  只穿实用的，不穿可爱的，如果要穿凉拖和凉鞋的时候要特别小心。