单词 | flipper |
释义 | flipper From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Animals Clothesflipperflip‧per /ˈflɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1 a flat part on the body of some large sea animals such as seals, that they use for swimming2a large flat rubber shoe that you wear to help you swim fasterExamples from the Corpusflipper• A dolphin drew alongside, and by counter-opposing its flippers, barrel-rolled right in front of his mask.• All eventually disappeared except the rorqual's flippers and teeth, for which the Marine Biological Laboratory had put in a request.• A boy born with flippers, which never ceased twitching.FlipperFlippera US television programme from the 1960s in which a family become friends with a dolphin that they call ‘Flipper’ |
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