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核心畫面

The thing that flips. Hold the shape in mind: something wide and flat that swings, slaps or turns — a seal's limb pressing water back, a rubber shoe on a foot, a small bar at the bottom of a pinball table, a blade under a . The shape and the job are the same every time.

flipper 可以拆成 flip（翻、拍）加 -er（做這件事的那一個），所以畫面就是「會翻、會拍的那一個」。記住…更多收起flipper 可以拆成 flip（翻、拍）加 -er（做這件事的那一個），所以畫面就是「會翻、會拍的那一個」。記住形狀就記住了整個字：一片寬寬扁扁的東西，靠揮動或翻轉做事。海豹的鰭狀肢、腳上的蛙鞋、彈珠台下面的小板子、鍋子裡的煎鏟，長得都一樣，做的事也一樣。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary gives the make-up directly: flip + -er. The suffix can name a thing that does the action or a person who does it, which is why both a rubber shoe and a house buyer can be called a flipper.

Wiktionary 直接記下它的組成：flip 加 -er。這個 -er 可以指做這件事的東西，也可以指做這件事的人，所以蛙鞋和買房轉手的人才會共用同一個字。

Wiktionary extract supplied in packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:727263044, etymology_text "From flip + -er."

From the picture

做 flip 這件事的人

同樣是 flip 加 -er，只是這次 -er 指的是人，而 flip 也換了場景：不是翻一片板子，而是「買進來馬上翻手賣掉」。

noun · C1

Someone who buys something, often a house or an artwork, and sells it again quickly to make money.

快速轉手賣的人

Also in this word

noun · B2

A wide flat limb on the body of a sea animal such as a seal, a turtle or a whale, used for swimming.

鰭狀肢

noun · B2

A long flat rubber shoe that you wear on your foot when swimming, so that each kick pushes more water and moves you faster.

蛙鞋

noun · C1

In a pinball machine, one of the small flat bars at the bottom that you swing with a button to knock the ball back up the table.

彈珠台的擊球板

noun · B2

A kitchen tool with a wide flat end, used for turning food such as pancakes or eggs while it cooks.

煎鏟、鍋鏟

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Flippername

  • 1

    A common name for aquatic animals which have flippers, such as dolphins and seals.

flippernoun/ˈflɪpə/

  • 1

    In marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.

  • 2

    A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.

  • 3

    A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

    • Early pinball machines demanded that a player shake the entire table in an effort to guide the ball through the obstacles (pins—hence the name). Later iterations had mechanical flippers like today's, but more of them—six, which were distributed three on each side up and down the body of the machine.
  • 4

    entertainmentlifestyletheaterA small flat used to support a larger one.

    • The flipper is designed to give support by standing at a 90-degree angle to the flat. It probably gets its name from its appearance: cut out like a piece of profile scenery, it resembles the flipper of a marine animal, […]
    • When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER, for added strength.
  • 5

    ball-gamescricketgamesA type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.

  • 6

    informalTelevision remote control, clicker.

  • 7

    datedslangThe hand.

    • Give me your flipper, old man, and tell me if I can be of any service to you. I'll do what you want at all hazards.
  • 8

    dentistrymedicinesciencesA kind of false tooth, usually temporary.

    • Dr. Woo attempts to distinguish Blakeslee by pointing out that “one can fondle a breast without having anything to do with dentistry, but one cannot take molds, fabricate and insert flippers into another person's mouth without practicing dentistry."
另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A kitchen spatula.

    • Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for breakfast. You always had to use the “flipper” to turn the pancakes and eggs.
  • 10

    artartsbusinessSomeone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.

    • Two notable examples of Zombie Formalism would be the electroplated silver monochromes of Jacob Kassay (b. 1984) and the “Rain Paintings” of Lucien Smith (b. 1989), both recent favorites of the art flippers.
  • 11

    Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

flipperverb/ˈflɪpə/

  • 1

    To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。