English Dictionary

flounder

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈflaʊndɚ/

動詞

自動詞

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water. / (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance. / (intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

日本語の意味

水から上がった魚のようにバタバタと動く、よろめきながらバランスを取ろうともがく / どたばたと、またはぎこちなく動いて行動する

Left stranded by the receding tide, the small crab began to flounder on the exposed sand.

引き潮で取り残された小さなカニは、露出した砂の上でもがき始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

They have floundered on from blunder to blunder.

意味（4）

To be in serious difficulty.

Meanwhile bus and tram competition was causing the Central London Railway to flounder after its early success, and as for the City & South London ... that had always floundered.

flounders （ present singular third-person ）

floundering （ participle present ）

floundered （ participle past ）

floundered （ past ）