flounce

verb

/flaʊns/

[intransitive] (disapproving)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they flounce	/flaʊns/ /flaʊns/
he / she / it flounces	/ˈflaʊnsɪz/ /ˈflaʊnsɪz/
past simple flounced	/flaʊnst/ /flaʊnst/
past participle flounced	/flaʊnst/ /flaʊnst/
-ing form flouncing	/ˈflaʊnsɪŋ/ /ˈflaʊnsɪŋ/

+ adv./prep. to move somewhere in a way that draws attention to yourself, for example because you are angry or upset（因愤怒或烦躁等而）走动，急动，骤动，扭转
- She flounced out of the room.她愤愤地冲出房间。
- He tossed his head and flounced away.他甩了甩头，暴走了。
词源verb mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa ‘hurry’, or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce.

flounce

noun

/flaʊns/

a piece of cloth that is sewn around the edge of a skirt, dress, curtain, etc.（衣、裙、窗帘等的）荷叶边
- little girls dressed in frills and flounces穿着荷叶边和荷叶边的小女孩
[usually singular] (disapproving) a quick and exaggerated movement that you make when you are angry or want people to notice you（因气愤或想引人注意）猛的一动；故作夸张的动作
- She left the room with a flounce.她气冲冲地冲出房间。

词源noun sense 2 mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa ‘hurry’, or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce. noun sense 1 early 18th cent.: from an alteration of obsolete frounce ‘a fold or pleat’, from Old French fronce, of Germanic origin; related to ruck in the sense ‘ruck something up’.