- 用手指轻弹,用鞭轻击:
The man flipped at a fly with a fly swatter.
那人用苍蝇拍拍打苍蝇。
- 急动,急拉,急扔;翻,翻动;(跳水时)作空翻:
The truck ran off the road and flipped over in the ditch.
这辆卡车开出公路翻倒在沟里。
- 捻、掷硬币(看其正反面来决定某事):
We'll flip for who buys the tickets.
我们要扔硬币来决定谁买票。
- 迅速翻阅书籍,翻动纸张;匆匆查看,草草翻阅,(迅速、随便地)浏览(常与through连用):
I haven't read the book properly,I just flipped through it to see what it was like.
我还没有认真看这本书,我只是浏览了一下看看它怎么样。
- 蹦蹦跳跳;(用鳍状肢或翅膀等)啪嗒啪嗒地走动,拍动:
The seals flipped along the beach.
海豹沿着海滩啪嗒啪嗒地翻动着。
- [美国俚语](由于激动、愤怒、疯狂等而)失去自制力,精神失常,失去理智;发疯,发狂;变得狂热;欣喜若狂(常与 out 连用):
He flipped over his new girl friend.
他对新的女朋友爱得发狂。