喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 氣沖沖地走掉 · 荷葉邊

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flounce

v, n

One way to hold this side of the word: a body that swings as it moves. The feet go quickly, the shoulders and the cloth swing with them, and the whole movement is pointed at the people watching. Whether the mover is angry or just pleased with herself, the message travels through the body and not through the mouth.

這一邊可以想成「一個一邊晃一邊往前衝的身影」。腳步又快又用力。裙襬和肩膀跟著甩動。這個晃動不是不小心的，它是做給旁邊的人看的。所以不管走的人是在生氣還是在得意，情緒都靠身體傳出去，不靠嘴巴說。

From the word’s history

The dictionaries do not settle where this word came from. One line takes it to North Germanic, comparing Norwegian flunsa, to hurry; another suggests it was simply built on the pattern of pounce and bounce. Both stories point at the same feeling: quick, and with a bounce in it.

這個字的來源沒有定論。一說來自北歐語，挪威語 flunsa 是「匆忙」。另一說認為它是照 pounce、bounce 的樣子造出來的。兩條說法指向同一種感覺：又急又帶彈跳。這正好是它今天的畫面。

Wiktionary entry for flounce (packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:590012820), etymology_text: probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (hurry), perhaps ultimately imitative; or perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.

A second word, same spelling

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flounce

n, v

A different picture, kept separate on purpose: a wide strip of cloth, pulled tight into folds along one edge and left free along the other, so that it falls in soft at the bottom of a skirt or a curtain and moves when the air or the moves.

這一邊可以想成「裙襬上那一圈波浪」。一條寬布，一邊抓皺縫死，另一邊放著不管。放著的那一邊就會鬆鬆地起伏。人一走動，或風一吹，它就跟著晃。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

v過去式 flounced過去分詞 flounced-ing flouncing三單 flounces

n複數 flounces

同家族的字

n複數 flounces

v過去式 flounced過去分詞 flounced-ing flouncing三單 flounces

意思相近

rufflefrillfurbelowtrim

用法接近

hemtrimvalancepleatgather

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

flounceverb/flaʊns/

  • 1

    To move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.

    • There was a continual coming and going of flouncing, pig-tailed forms, until the table was closely covered with dishes, scarlet curries with surface currents of ochreous oil, three varieties of what looked like seaweed (inevitably recommended as abundant in vitamins), a paste made of ground beans and chillis...
  • 2

    To depart in a dramatic, haughty way that draws attention to oneself.

    • After failing to win the leadership election, he flounced dramatically.
    • A-flutter with excitement, she turned the handle. In a moment she flounced back, red with shame and anger—flounced forth from the fairest, whitest, dapperest dairy, wherein was all of the best that the keenest dairy-maid might need.
  • 3

    archaicTo flounder; to make spastic motions.

    • To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.
    • With his broad fins and forky tail he laves / The rising surge, and flounces in the waves.
  • 4

    businessmanufacturingsewingTo decorate with a flounce.

flouncenoun/flaʊns/

  • 1

    businessmanufacturingsewingA strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.

    • Then he looked from her to some gayer figures moving along the road with flutters of bright streamers and flounces
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • 2

    The act of flouncing; a dramatic departure.

    • Emma Watson’s approach is in stark contrast to that of Daniel Day-Lewis; a man who, despite being the greatest actor on earth, is somewhat prone to a flounce. […] Day-Lewis announced that he had retired from acting, putting out a statement that read: “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor.”
  • 3

    A row of corrugations, skin folds, or spines, on the hemipenis of a snake.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。