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

• Of or belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivorous aquatic mammals that includes the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion.
  有鳍状肢的属于鳍脚亚目动物的，肉食水生动物的一个分支，包括海狮、海象及其他类似的用鳍状肢行进的动物。
• 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。
• Insulation protects the leatherback everywhere but on its head and flippers.
  隔热层为棱皮龟的全身上下都提供了保护，除了头部和鳍状肢。
• 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。
• 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 that are weaned and have shed their downy fur are called beaters for the way they beat their flippers on the water.
  断奶后褪去一身绒毛的海豹被称为打手，因其总是在水上拍打它们的鳍状肢。
• Seals, turtles and penguins have flippers.
  海豹、海龟、企鹅均有鳍状肢。
• Their forelegs had turned into the flippers that today's whales use for steering;
  它们的前腿变成鳍状肢，今天的鲸鱼便是用它来掌握方向的；
• 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。
• So the quick property flippers are gone and the people who are buying now are the serious buyers.
  因此倒腾房产的人走了，现在买房的人是些正儿八经的买房者了。