"flapping" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拍打
• 拍翅

Definition

快速上下或前後移動，通常指翅膀或鬆散物品（如布料）的動作，也可以描述這種動作發出的聲音。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用來形容鳥或昆蟲的翅膀（‘flapping wings’）、旗幟（‘flapping in the wind’）或衣服，很少用於人（幽默時可指手臂）。暗示反覆明顯的動作或聲音。

Examples

The bird was flapping its wings.

那隻鳥正**拍打**翅膀。

The flag was flapping in the wind.

旗幟在風中**飄動**。

The curtains were flapping because the window was open.

窗簾因為窗戶開著而在**飄動**。

He came running, arms flapping wildly.

他跑過來，手臂瘋狂地**揮舞**著。

I could hear the sound of birds flapping outside my window.

我能聽到窗外鳥兒**拍打**翅膀的聲音。

My papers went flapping everywhere when the fan turned on.

電風扇一開，我的文件就四處**飄動**。