flounder

flounder1
verb
  1. [no obj.]struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in mud or water
    （在泥或水中）无助（或笨拙）地挣扎，蹒跚
    he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters.
    他在近岸浅水中挣扎。
    ■(figurative)struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion
    (喻)思路紊乱；心乱如麻
    he floundered, not knowing quite what to say.
    他的心好乱，不知该说什么才好。
    ■(figurative)be in serious difficulty
    (喻)陷入严重困难
    many firms are floundering.
    许多公司目前困难重重。
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flounderer
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: perhaps a blend of founder and blunder, or perhaps symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement
flounder2
noun
  1. a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water
    鲆，鲽
  2. Families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae: several species, in particular the edible Platichthys flesus of European waters
    鲽科和鲆科：数种，尤指欧洲水域中可食用的川鲽
    ■(flounders)a collective term for flatfishes other than soles
    ［总称］鳎鱼外的比目鱼。 见 flatfish
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder
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