Значение

значений: 4
  1. (непереходный)To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

    He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.

    straucheln, herumholpern

    сбива́тьсяsbivátʹsja, сби́тьсяsbítʹsja

  2. (непереходный)To flop around as a fish out of water.

    herumzappeln, hüpfen, taumeln

    бара́хтатьсяbaráxtatʹsja

    бо́рсатисяbórsatysja, побо́рсатисяpobórsatysja

  3. (непереходный)To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

    Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.

    Schwierigkeiten haben, sich fangen wollen

  4. To be in serious difficulty.

    walk with great difficulty

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. An adult flounder has both eyes on the same side of its face.

    У взрослой особи камбалы оба глаза расположены на одной стороне лица.

  2. A flounder is a fish that spends its adult life on the sea bed.

    Камбала - рыба, проводящая всю свою взрослую жизнь на дне моря.

  3. How long did you flounder around before you asked for help?

  4. In Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, winter flounder no longer reproduce at the rate they used to.

Переводы

языков: 7
Українська
По значениям 1
to flop around:
Русский
По значениям 2
to act clumsily or confused:
to flop around:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
to act clumsily or confused:
to flop around:
to attempt to move or regain one's balance:

Происхождение

Possibly from the noun. Probably a blend of flounce + founder or a blend of founder + blun

Possibly from the noun. Probably a blend of flounce + founder or a blend of founder + blunder or from Dutch flodderen (“wade”). See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip.

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Формы

flounders, floundering, floundered, floundered
Базовая формаflounder · to flounder
3-е лицо ед. числаflounders
Причастие настоящего времениfloundering
Прошедшее времяfloundered
Причастие прошедшего времениfloundered

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theyflounder
he, she, itflounders

Past simpleУрок

все лицаfloundered

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave floundered
he, she, ithas floundered

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill flounder

Синонимы

синонимов: 2
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 4
Связанныеflail

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