Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - flounder
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Flounder
flounder
(flounders, floundering, floundered) 1. If something is floundering, it has many problems and may soon fail completely. What a pity that his career was left to flounder... The economy was floundering. = founder VERB: V, V 2. If you say that someone is floundering, you are criticizing them for not making decisions or for not knowing what to say or do. Right now, you’ve got a president who’s floundering, trying to find some way to get his campaign jump-started... I know that you’re floundering around, trying to grasp at any straw. = dither VERB: V, V around c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If you flounder in water or mud, you move in an uncontrolled way, trying not to sink. Three men were floundering about in the water. VERB: V adv/prep, also V
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I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flundra ~ Date: 15th century flatfish; especially a marine fish of either of two families (Pleuronectidae and Bothidae) that include important food fishes II. intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: probably alteration of founder Date: 1592 1. to struggle to move or obtain footing ; thrash about wildly 2. to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 struggle in mud, or as if in mud, or when wading. 2 perform a task badly or without knowledge; be out of one's depth. --n. an act of floundering. Derivatives flounderer n. Etymology: imit.: perh. assoc. with founder, blunder 2. n. 1 an edible flat-fish, Pleuronectes flesus, native to European shores. 2 any of various flat-fish native to N. American shores. Etymology: ME f. AF floundre, OF flondre, prob. of Scand. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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камбала – arctic flounder – arrow-toothed flounder – Bering flounder – big-mouthed flounder – black flounder – Christmas flounder – crested flounder – deepwater flounder – eel-back flounder – fan-tailed flounder – finless flounder – flat-headed flounder – frog flounder – great flounder – green-back flounder – Gulf-stream flounder – lambtongue flounder – large-scaled flounders – left-eyed flounders – long-tailed flounder – pelican flounder – peppered flounder – pole flounder – right-eyed flounder – rusty flounder – sand flounder – spiny-rayed flounders – spotted flounder – starry flounder – stone flounder – summer flounder – three-spotted flounder – tongue flounder – winter flounder – witch flounder – yellow-belly flounder FLOUR BEETLE 1) хрущак малый мучной (Tribolium confusum) 2) хрущак большой мучной (Tenebrio molitor) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. барахтанье; спотыкание; попытки выбраться, выпутаться 2. запутанное, затруднительное положение; затруднение (в речи) 3. барахтаться, стараться выбраться, выпутаться; спотыкаться the horses were floundering in deep snow —- лошади с трудом передвигались по глубокому снегу to flounder through a morass —- пробираться через трясину to flounder into a morass —- завязнуть в болоте (в трясине) 4. спотыкаться, сбиваться, путаться, делать ошибки to flounder in an explanation —- запутаться в объяснении to flounder through a translation —- с трудом справиться с переводом 5. плоская рыба ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I v. 1) барахтаться; двигаться с трудом (тж. flounder about/around) We found him at last, lost in the forest, floundering about in deep snow. 2) путаться (в словах) (тж. flounder about/around) Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker. hes been floundering around ever since you spoke. to flounder through a speech - объясняться с трудом (напр., на иностранном языке) Syn: see hesitate II noun мелкая камбала ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 always + adv/prep to move awkwardly or with difficulty, especially in water, mud etc 2 to be unable to decide what to say or do so that you find it difficult to continue (He left his interviewer floundering by answering every question with the word `no'.) 3 to have a lot of problems and have difficulty continuing (Brando's career was floundering when he was offered the role.) ~2 n a small flat fish, used as food ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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