flounce
flounce1
verb
flounce2
noun
flouncy
( flouncier, flounciest)
adjective(flouncier, flounciest)
语源
verb
- [no obj., with adverbial of direction]go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner
（不耐烦或生气地）急走，急动，猛冲
he stood up in a fury and flounced out.
他气得一跃而起，冲了出去。
- [in sing.]an exaggerated action intended to express one's annoyance or impatience
暴跳，怒冲冲（表达气愤或不耐烦的夸张动作）
she left the room with a flounce.
她暴跳如雷地离开了房间。
- mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa 'hurry', or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce
flounce2
noun
- a wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill
（衣裙的）荷叶边；皱边
- [as adj. flounced]trimmed with a flounce or flounces
镶荷叶边
a flounced skirt.
镶有荷叶边的裙子。
flouncy
( flouncier, flounciest)
adjective(flouncier, flounciest)
语源
- early 18th cent.: from an alteration of obsolete frounce 'a fold or pleat', from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; related to ruck
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