vi.

1. 拍動；搖晃[Q]
   The fish were flopping about in the bottom of the boat.

   那些魚在船底撲騰著。

2. 撲通落下（或倒下）[Q]
   I flopped down on the couch.

   我噗地倒在長沙發椅上。

3. （作品、演出等）失敗
   She flopped as a stage actress.

   作為一名舞臺演員她失敗了。

vt.

1. 撲通放下；使撲通落下
2. 拍（翅）；翻動

n.

1. 拍擊聲；撲通掉落（的聲音）[S]
   He fell with a flop into the water.

   他撲通一聲掉進水裡。

2. （作品、演出等的）失敗[C]
   Because the acting was dull, the film was a big flop.

   由於演出死板，那部電影徹底砸鍋。

   The marketing campaign was a flop. The product didn't sell.

   市場宣傳徹底失敗，產品賣不出去。

   The play was a flop.

   這齣戲是個失敗。

ad.

1. 撲通一聲地
2. 恰巧

v.

1. fall, hang, or collapse in a heavy, loose, and ungainly way.
2. informal (of a performer or show) fail totally.
3. informal rest or sleep in an improvised place.

n.

1. a heavy, loose, and ungainly fall.
2. informal a total failure.
3. informal, chiefly US a cheap place to sleep.