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

• One handed out anti-Mormon pamphlets; another held up a pair of flip-flops.
  一个人在分发反摩门教的小册子，另一个举着一双沙滩鞋。
• Instead we got two nice beds, a TV and bathroom with complimentary soap, toothbrushes and flip-flops.
  可那的环境很好，两张好床，一部电视，配有香皂的冲凉房，还有牙刷。
• 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。
• I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops.
  我看到凯蒂海伦穿着军短裤和拖鞋。
• 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。
• 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。
• On a recent trip to Thailand, I took a morning stroll down to the beach. There was a lady selling two sets of flip-flops.
  最近我去了趟泰国。一天早晨，我散步到海滩，看到一个女人在出售两种人字拖。
• A woman in plastic flip-flops carried a black bucket filled with urine downstairs, accompanied by a young boy wearing only underwear.
  楼下，一位妇女趿着人字拖，手里提着个黑色尿壶，身旁的一个男孩子只穿了底裤。
• The reason may be that people tend to grip flip-flops with their toes.
  其原因可能在于人们趋向于用脚趾紧紧夹住人字拖鞋。
• 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。