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单词 flail
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
flail /fleɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. an instrument for threshing grain by hand.

v. 
  1. to beat or swing as if with a flail: [no object]The baby's arms were flailing about.[+ object]The baby flailed his arms around. Her arms flailed the water.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
flail  (flāl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
  2. a similar instrument used as a weapon of war.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to beat or swing with or as if with a flail.
  • Late Latin flagellum flail, Latin: whip, scourge. See flagellum
  • WGmc *flagil-
  • Middle English fleil (noun, nominal), Old English flighel (probably misspelling of *flegil), cognate with Dutch vlegel, German Flegel bef. 1100

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flail /fleɪl/ n
  1. an implement used for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle with a free-swinging metal or wooden bar attached to it
vb
  1. (transitive) to beat or thrash with or as if with a flail
  2. to move or be moved like a flail; thresh about: with arms flailing
Etymology: 12th Century fleil, ultimately from Late Latin flagellum flail, from Latin: whip
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