flippers

英 [ˈflɪpəz]

美 [ˈflɪpərz]

n.  (海豹、海龟等的)鳍肢，鳍足; (潜水、游泳用的)脚蹼，蛙鞋，鸭脚板，橡皮脚掌
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柯林斯词典

• 脚蹼;橡皮脚掌;鸭脚板
  Flippersare flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on your feet to help you swim more quickly, especially underwater.
• (海豹等的)鳍状肢，鳍足
  Theflippersof an animal that lives in water, for example a seal or a penguin, are the two or four flat limbs which it uses for swimming.

双语例句

• Any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas.
  各种有鳍状肢的大型海龟；广泛分布于温暖水域。
• Flippers allow the swimmer to concentrate on arm technique because it improves the efficiency of each kick, helping to maintain momentum.
  允许游泳运动员的鳍状肢臂技术集中精力，因为它能有效运作的每一踢，帮助保持发展势头。
• This sea lion is one of the regulars at a fishery as she stands on her flippers patiently queuing up for her fish supper.
  这头海狮是这个鱼贩的常客之一，它用鳍支撑着身体耐心地排着队等待它的金枪鱼晚餐。
• Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers.
  几种没有外耳的海豹，有坚硬的发状皮毛，后肢退化为用于游泳的鳍状肢。
• She splashes in the water with her flippers.
  她用鱼鳍跃入水中。
• But we want you to slap on your flippers, dive into the controversy, and judge for yourself.
  但是我们想要你拍动身上的潜水脚蹼，潜入这场争论中，自己做出判断。
• Of or belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivorous aquatic mammals that includes the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion.
  有鳍状肢的属于鳍脚亚目动物的，肉食水生动物的一个分支，包括海狮、海象及其他类似的用鳍状肢行进的动物。
• Seals, turtles and penguins have flippers.
  海豹、海龟、企鹅均有鳍状肢。
• Pliosaurs are thought to have been ambush predators, using their giant flippers to launch ferocious attacks.
  上龙被认为是一种埋伏型猎食者，使用它们巨大的鳍状肢发动凶猛的进攻。
• We all know the problems with foot flippers.
  大家都知道脚蹼的问题。