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

• The whales then depart, flippers touching, and swim slowly side by side, diving and surfacing in perfect unison until they disappear from sight.
  后来两条鲸又分开了，但是仍鳍挨着鳍，肩并肩慢慢地游着，动作完美而和谐，忽而潜入水中，忽而游出水面，直至它们从视野中渐渐消失。
• She splashes in the water with her flippers.
  她用鱼鳍跃入水中。
• Aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers.
  水生食肉型哺乳动物，流线型身体适于游泳，鳍状肢。
• Like a baby bird embarking on its first flight, a just-hatched turtle, flippers outspread and eyes wide, swims just below the ocean's surface in the waters of French Polynesia.
  一只刚孵化的海龟像开始第一次飞翔的小鸟一样睁大眼睛张开脚蹼，在法属波利尼西亚海域水面以下游泳。
• 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。
• Simply because those who would save the planet have feet and not flippers, and breathe air rather than water, they've called themselves greens rather than blues.
  这仅仅是因为那些拯救地球的人长有脚而不是鳍状肢，他们呼吸空气而不是水，他们自称为绿色主义者而不是蓝色主义者。
• It burst in 2000, but was soon replaced with another bubble, involving smart "flippers" of properties.
  它于2000年破灭，但很快就被另一场泡沫接替，涉及聪明的“倒腾房地产的人”。
• Seals, turtles and penguins have flippers.
  海豹、海龟、企鹅均有鳍状肢。
• 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。
• They are beautiful to watch as their large flippers move them gracefully through the blue waters.
  它们优雅地划动着鳍状肢，游弋在蓝色的大海里，看起来很漂亮。