2009년 4월 18일 토요일

flop

1. VERB
If you flop into a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
  • Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet.     
  • She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.     
  • = collapse   
2. VERB
If something flops onto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.    
  • The briefcase flopped onto the desk.     
  • His hair flopped over his left eye.
3. N-COUNT : oft adj N
If something is a flop, it is completely unsuccessful.[ INFORMAL ]    
  • It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.     
  • = failure   
4. VERB
If something flops, it is completely unsuccessful.[ INFORMAL ]    
  • The film flopped badly at the box office.
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