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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pliosaurs are thought to have been ambush predators, using their giant flippers to launch ferocious attacks.
  上龙被认为是一种埋伏型猎食者，使用它们巨大的鳍状肢发动凶猛的进攻。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you rent masks and flippers?
  你出租面罩和蛙鞋吗？
• Many first time flippers don't realize this and are surprised when they lose a good portion of their profits in the form of income tax.
  许多第一次潜水不明白这是好的惊奇当他们失去了一部分企业利润的形式所得税。
• Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern esp. Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.
  寒冷的南部特别是南极地区的短腿并不能飞翔的鸟，蹼足、鳍状翼。