flip-flop [
'flipflɔp]
n. 啪嗒啪嗒的响声, 向后翻的筋斗, 突然改变, 双稳态多谐振荡器, 触发器
[计] 触发器, 劈拍
[化] 翻转
- If he flip-flop, nobody will believe him.
如果他经常改变观点,没有人会再相信他。 - The condition or state of a variable, bit, or flip-flop.
一个变量、或触发器的所处的情形或状态。 - The SR Flip-Flop is a circuit with two cross-coupled NOR gates or two cross-coupled NAND gates.
置位/位触发器是带有两个............的或非门或与非门的电路。
flip-flopflip-flopped, flip-flopping[ noun ]- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
<noun.cognition>
- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
<noun.artifact>
- an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
<noun.artifact>
- a backward somersault
<noun.act>
[ verb ]- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
<verb.change> alternate flip interchange switch tack
- "He's done a complete flip-flop.
- For sheer brazenness, perhaps the closest parallel to Mr. Bush's flip-flop on taxes is Woodrow Wilson's handling of the American entry into the First World War.
- His comment, coming a day after his apparent flip-flop on whether to seek a compromise containing higher tax rates for affluent Americans, only sowed more confusion in an already convoluted budget situation.
- To those with similar education levels and occupations, the flip-flop is likely to matter the least.
- "I'm astounded in terms of the flip-flop that's going on on the part of George Bush," Atkinson said, referring to the President's shifting stance on raising taxes for the wealthy in exchange for a cut in the capital gains tax.
- Now his Republican foe, George Voinovich, charges that the senator did a politically inspired flip-flop on the death penalty simply to show he is tough on drugs; Sen. Metzenbaum has opposed the death penalty in other cases.
- Carole Wiener, who chairs the school's scheduling and curriculum committee, praises the flip-flop for another reason: It enables her to teach "Social Studies Through Art," a specialized class she developed under school-based management.
- But last week's striking flip-flop is causing investors to pull back and think.
- "Fundamantalist believers (in that message) don't flip-flop," said Schneider.
- This flip-flop by Microsoft may concern the FTC because some software makers complain that it gave Microsoft an unfair advantage in developing other products.