英 [fleɪl] 美 [fleɪl]
v. 乱动；（用棍棒）猛击；（使）大幅波动；踉跄；用连枷打（谷）
n. 连枷（旧时打谷物用的工具）
复数flails
第三人称单数flails
现在分词flailing
过去式flailed
过去分词flailed
flail /fleɪl/ TEM8 [ flailing flailed flails ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If your arms or legs flail or if you flail them about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way. 用力地胡乱挥动; 用力地胡乱摆动
His arms were flailing in all directions.
他的双臂使劲地胡乱挥舞着。
动词词组 Flail around means the same as . 用力地胡乱挥动
He started flailing around and hitting Vincent in the chest.
他开始胡乱挥舞双拳，打到了文森特的胸口。
连枷
连枷
尖刺刺猬（Hedgehog）： 尖刺连枷（Flail）： 尖刺手指（Stinger Finger）：
... TheLandoftheGwich'in哥威迅人的土地汇流专辑中文名：汇流 Flail(欢腾) Confluence(汇流) ...
... kennel：狗窝 flail：打（谷子） frail：脆弱的[比较记忆]lr）都是脆弱的 sheer：完全的，纯粹的 ...
链枷(Flail)：钉锤长度过短，故将之一截为二，中以铁索相连。后来的演变中，顶端的镶钉铁棒被铁球取代，两到三个刺猬球回旋飞舞，中者皮开肉...
We don't know of any other species that USES its body like a flail.
我们并不清楚其他任何鸟类种群是否将身体充当连枷。
Some people keep too still while speaking, while others flail all over the place.
有些人在讲话的时候呆立不动，而有些人则是双手乱舞。
The flail is often not used today, but in the past it was indispensable for grinding crops.
连耞虽然平时不常使用， 但在打碾庄稼的时节， 谁家也离不开它。
When I flail my arms around I generate work and heat. This is not a constant volume process.
这不是一个恒容过程,但如果我是一个系统，当我做这些的时候。
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The dogs flail back and forth and all the while Black maintains her hold.
Sometimes -- often -- I grimace and panic, look wildly about as I totter and flail.
The Big Four global accounting firms make money whether clients survive and thrive or flail and fail.