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VERB
迅速打開(或關掉)(裝置);按(開關)
If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.
例句
He didn't flip on the headlights until he was two blocks away...
他開出兩個街區后才打開車頭燈。
Then he walked out, flipping the lights off...
然后他走了出來，把燈關掉了。
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VERB
快速翻閱;瀏覽
If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.
例句
He was flipping through a magazine in the living room...
他在起居室里翻看著雜志。
He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
他快速翻了一下那本日志，然后開始讀最后一篇。
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V-ERG
(使)移動;(使)轉動;(使)翻動
If something flips over, or if you flip it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position.
例句
The plane then flipped over and burst into flames...
接著飛機突然翻轉并燃起了大火。
He flipped it neatly on to the plate.
他干凈利索地把它盛到了盤子里。
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VERB
(用拇指)彈，拋，擲
If you flip something, especially a coin, you use your thumb to make it turn over and over, as it goes through the air.
例句
I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it...
我從口袋里掏出一個硬幣，把它彈向空中。
I flipped a butt out of the window and drove on.
我把煙蒂彈出車窗外繼續開車。
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VERB
突然心煩意亂;勃然大怒
If someone flips, they suddenly become extremely upset or angry because of something that has happened.
例句
He got so provoked that he flipped.
他被激怒了，發起火來。
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ADJ-GRADED
輕率的;隨便的;不嚴肅的
If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.
例句
...a flip answer...
草率的回答
The tone of the book is sometimes too flip.
這本書的筆調有些時候太不嚴肅了。