flapping

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance where one, or something, flaps. countable,uncountable
    — The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.
  2. A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically. countable,uncountable
  3. The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession. countable,uncountable
  4. The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds. uncountable
    — Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing. By the early twentieth century, however, a form of dog racing held in 'flapping tracks' was a common pastime in the wastelands near working-class areas of industrial cities.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of flap form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. that flaps or flap not-comparable
    — flapping sails

词形变化

flappings plural
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