flub

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An error; a mistake in the performance of an action. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US,informal
    — 1962 November 6, Richard Nixon, “Gentlemen, this is my last press conference”, 2008, Rick Perlstein (editor), Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, page 111, I made a talk on television, a talk in which I made a flub—one of the few that I make, not because I′m so good on television but because I′ve been doing it a long time. I made a flub in which I said I was running for governor of the United States.
  2. A fold of fat. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US,slang
动词 v.
  1. To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action. Australia,Canada,New-Zealand,US,informal
    — ‘Stage fright? So? What are you babbling ′bout? You′re mad as a snake!’ ‘Ever since I was a kid. I was in the Christmas Pageant one year and flubbed my line.’ ‘What was your line?’ ‘I told you I flubbed it!’ he mouthed these words hysterically.

词形变化

flubs plural flubs present,singular,third-person flubbing participle,present flubbed participle,past flubbed past

词汇关系

衍生词
flubby

词源

词源 1
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
词源 2
Possibly suggested by fluff and flop. First appeared in the US as a verb c. 1924, and as a noun c. 1953.
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