Flip out 失控暴怒
Most divers wear flippers when they go underwater
今日小常識(shí)
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the earliest inventors to work on the concept of an artificial flipper to help swimmers. The American inventor Benjamin Franklin also made an early design from wood.
達(dá)芬奇是研究如何用人工腳蹼來(lái)提高游泳速度這一概念的最早的發(fā)明者之一。美國(guó)的發(fā)明家弗蘭克林也曾發(fā)明過(guò)木質(zhì)的腳蹼。
今日短語(yǔ)
短語(yǔ) to flip out 的意思是受到震驚而失控暴怒。
例句
When Kate heard that she hadn't got a place at her first choice of university she really flipped out and started shouting and screaming.
The flight was cancelled and lots of passengers started flipping out at the airline staff.
請(qǐng)注意
The flip side 的意思是“事物的反面”，特別用來(lái)指物體或論點(diǎn)的負(fù)面。
例句
The Olympics is a great event; on the flip side it's very expensive to host.
