flop

Word family

flop1 /flɒp $ flɑːp/ verb (flopped, flopping) [intransitiveI]

1 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIT to sit or lie down in a relaxed way, by letting all your weight fall heavily onto a chair etc 猛然坐下，猛然躺下

He flopped down onto the bed.

他一头倒在床上。

I got home and flopped in front of the TV.

我回到家，一屁股坐在电视机前。

2 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CLUMSY to hang or fall loosely, in an uncontrolled way 〔不自主地〕垂下，落下

His head flopped back pathetically.

他脑袋向后仰着，一副可怜相。

3. informalFAIL if something such as a product, play, or idea flops, it is not successful because people do not like it 〔产品、戏剧、想法等因无人喜欢而〕失败，砸锅

Examples from the Corpus

flop• With few exceptions, the new shows have flopped.• The musical flopped after its first week on Broadway.• It was better than having your screenplay flopping back on the mat by return of post.• She sat down on the bed, or rather, she flopped down on it.• Mana put a huge amount of money into their boot and binding, but it flopped in the market.• He flopped on the bench and almost passed out.• The newspaper slowly unfolded itself on the mat, flopping open to reveal some glossy law magazine that had been placed inside.• Flustered, she reversed, and the groceries she had bought enroute fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor.

flop2 noun

1 [countableC] informalFAIL a film, play, product etc that is not successful 〔电影、戏剧、产品等的〕失败之作 OPP hit

disastrous/spectacular etc flop

The film was a complete flop.

这部影片一败涂地。

2 [singular]SOUNDDOWN the movement or noise that something makes when it falls heavily 重重坠下；重坠声，扑通声

He fell with a flop into the water.

他扑通一声掉进水里。

→ belly flop

Examples from the Corpus

flop• He had been a flop there too because, after a couple of years, he had left amidst rumours of misconduct.• Windows for Workgroups is a flop, says Rekhi.• Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.• Akai tried a similar idea a few years back with their U4 phrase trainer, but that was, surprisingly, a flop.• But Eo was a monumental flop.• "Heaven's Gate" was a box-office flop.• The papers screamed superlatives, and La Scala, sulking after a resounding flop with Don Carlos, scowled and spat.• Gino's party was a total flop.

disastrous/spectacular etc flop• Another famous invention, the Sinclair C5 electric car, was a spectacular flop, but he's still inventing.• There was a general tone of ill-concealed glee in the reporting of this most spectacular flop in the corporation's history.

From Longman Business Dictionary