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VERB
迅速打开(或关掉)(装置);按(开关)
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...
他开出两个街区后才打开车头灯。
Then he walked out, flipping the lights off...
然后他走了出来，把灯关掉了。
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VERB
快速翻阅;浏览
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...
他在起居室里翻看着杂志。
He flipped the pages of the diary and began reading the last entry.
他快速翻了一下那本日志，然后开始读最后一篇。
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V-ERG
(使)移动;(使)转动;(使)翻动
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...
接着飞机突然翻转并燃起了大火。
He flipped it neatly on to the plate.
他干净利索地把它盛到了盘子里。
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VERB
(用拇指)弹，抛，掷
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...
我从口袋里掏出一个硬币，把它弹向空中。
I flipped a butt out of the window and drove on.
我把烟蒂弹出车窗外继续开车。
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VERB
突然心烦意乱;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，发起火来。
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ADJ-GRADED
轻率的;随便的;不严肃的
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.
这本书的笔调有些时候太不严肃了。