| 单词 |
flub |
| 释义 |
flub, v. U.S. colloq.|flʌb|
[Etym. unknown.]
trans. To botch, bungle. Also intr. Hence as n., something badly or clumsily performed; a slip-up.
1924P. Marks Plastic Age xii. 122, I have the feeling..that I have flubbed this talk. 1926Wodehouse Heart of Goof iv. 142 The spectacle of a flubber flubbing ahead of us on the fairway inclines to make us flub as well. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §578.18 Play inexpertly [music],..flub. Ibid. §711.8 Make a bad shot [golf]..flub. 1952J. Steinbeck East of Eden 495 In my younger days I played tennis... A servant..could pick up his master's flubs at doubles. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) iv. 70 They'll bring someone else in for the other job if you flub it. 1959N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 76 Al watched him flub balls all over the table. 1969TV Times (Brisbane) 13 Aug. 8/3 Sullivan twitches. He mumbles. He flubs. |
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