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
flipper的复数

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 marine reptile hunted the oceans with a long thin neck and tail, four large flippers and razor-sharp teeth.
  这种海洋两栖动物长有细细的长脖颈和细长尾巴，四个巨大的阔鳍，像剃刀一样锋利的牙齿，以捕食其他海洋动物为生。
• Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives.
  有长的鳍状肢的大型须鲸，以其潜水时背部为拱形或有肉锋而闻名。
• The body of the whale is like that of a fish but remnants offorelimbs can be seen in the creature's front flippers.
  鲸鱼的身体跟鱼很像，但是可以在他们的前面的鳍状肢看到前肢的残迹。
• Seals, turtles and penguins have flippers.
  海豹、海龟、企鹅均有鳍状肢。
• We all know the problems with foot flippers.
  大家都知道脚蹼的问题。
• 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。
• Penguins use their wings as flippers.
  企鹅把翅膀当作鳍来使用。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then the dolphins perform a private show, showing off there amazing jumps and waving their flippers.
  接着海豚进行了惊人的跳跃，挥舞脚蹼等表演。