| 单词 | flounce |
| 释义 | flounce (once / 4012 pages) 1vn 2n To flounce is to move in an exaggerated, emphatic way, especially if your movement expresses anger or impatience. A young child who doesn't like what's for dinner might stand up and flounce away from the table. If you feel you've been misunderstood, you might need to stifle the urge to flounce off in a huff — it's more mature to stay and try to explain yourself. Flounce is also a noun, meaning both the action of flouncing and a ruffle: "I'll make this dress look fancier by sewing a flounce on the bottom." The huffy movement meaning came first, possibly from a Scandinavian source. WORD FAMILYflounce: flounced, flounces, flouncing USAGE EXAMPLESA Britain flouncing blithely out of the EU with little regard for jobs, investment or liberal values is a workable case for Scoxit. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) Sketches by Mr. Bérard in the collection depict dancers in flounced costumes and vaulted rooms lined in fringed fabric. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) Hermit crabs and octopuses flounce on furniture, burdened by all too human anxieties. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) 1 1v walk emphatically Hyper walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2n the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions 2Hyper gait a person's manner of walking n a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim Syn|Hypo|Hyper frill, furbelow, ruffle gauffer, goffer an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats jabota ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt pepluma flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse adornment a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
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