Friday, June 16, 2006

flip

 
 verb -pped, -pping
1    [T] to turn something over or into a different position with a quick, sudden movement:
?flip sth <-> over: He started flipping over the pages.
2    [T] to throw something flat up into the air so that it turns over:
?flip a coin (= in order to decide something) Let's flip a coin to see who goes first.
3    [I] also flip out informal to suddenly become very angry or crazy:
?Harry flipped when he found out that I had damaged his motorcycle.
4    [T] to press a SWITCH in order to start or stop electrical equipment:
?You just flip a switch and the machine does everything for you.
flip through sth phrasal verb [T] 快速浏览
to look at a book, magazine etc quickly

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