flounder1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈflaʊndɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈflaundǝ]
  
    vi.
    
      - 掙扎![]() We  floundered through deep snow to get to the store. 我們費力地踏著厚厚的積雪去那家店裡。 
- 錯亂地做事(或說話)![]() He  floundered through his speech. 他張惶失措地作完了演說。 
 
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flounder2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈflaʊndɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈflaundǝ]
  
 
  
    
flounder1
  
  v.
  - stagger clumsily in mud or water.
- have trouble doing or understanding something.
Derivative
  
  Usage
  On the confusion of flounder with founder, see founder3.
  Etymology
  C16: perh. a blend of founder3 and blunder, or perh. symbolic.
 
  
    
flounder2
  
  n.
 a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water. 
[
Platichthys flesus and other species.]
Etymology
  ME: from OFr. flondre, prob. of Scand. origin.