英语词汇“flail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

flailflail1 /fleɪl/ verb

VERB TABLE

flail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	flail
	he, she, it	flails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	flailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have flailed
	he, she, it	has flailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had flailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will flail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have flailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am flailing
	he, she, it	is flailing
	you, we, they	are flailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was flailing
	you, we, they	were flailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been flailing
	he, she, it	has been flailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been flailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be flailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been flailing

1[intransitive, transitive] if you flail your arms or legs, or if they flail, you wave them in a fast and uncontrolled way: The little boy flailed his arms, knocking over the vase.2[intransitive] to do something in an uncontrolled way, especially because you do not know exactly how to do it or do not have a plan: flail around Lasch flailed around, trying to answer the question.3[transitive] to beat someone or something violently, usually with a stick4[intransitive, transitive] to beat grain with a flail