flip
verb uk/flɪp/ us/flɪp/ -pp-
(TURN)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]（使）快速翻转;迅速翻动
If you flip something, you turn it over quickly one or more times, and if something flips, it turns over quickly.
I flipped the book (over) to look at the back cover. 我很快地把书翻过去看了看封底。
I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind. 风把书页吹乱了，我找不到正在看的那个地方了。
You turn the machine on by flipping (= operating) the switch on the side. 把边上的开关按一下，机器就启动了。
The captains flipped a coin into the air (= made it turn over in the air to see which side it landed on) to decide which side would bat first. 两队队长向空中抛出一枚硬币，决定哪一方先击球。
[ T ]翻烤（食物）
to cook something by turning it over several times over heat
I don't want to spend the rest of my life flipping burgers. 我可不想一辈子都翻烤汉堡。
(IMPROVE HOUSE)
[ T ] US迅速转售（稍作装修后的房子）以获取利润
to buy a house, improve it a little, then sell it quickly for more money
I am going to take three weeks' vacation and flip this house. 我要休假三个星期，稍微装修一下这个房子然后卖掉。
Idiom
flip (your lid)idiom informal 勃然大怒
to become very angry
She'll flip her lid if I'm late again. 如果我又迟到，她会气疯的。
Phrasal verbs
flip out （因惊讶或震惊而）勃然大怒，失去自我控制
to become extremely angry or to lose control of yourself from surprise or shock
I nearly flipped out when she told me she and David were getting married. 当她告诉我她跟戴维要结婚了的时候，我差一点气疯了。
flip through something 快速浏览;草草翻阅
to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc.
flip
noun [ C ] uk/flɪp/ us/flɪp/
翻动，翻转
an occasion when something turns over quickly or repeatedly
a flip of a coin 抛硬币
The acrobats were doing somersaults and flips (= jumping and turning their bodies over in the air). 杂技演员们正在翻筋斗和空翻。
flip
adjective uk/flɪp/ us/flɪp/ flipper | flippest
UK（flippant的非正式说法）
informal for flippant
flip
exclamation UK old-fashioned informal uk/flɪp/ us/flɪp/
“不！”（感叹词，表示愠怒）
used when you are slightly annoyed
Oh, flip, I've missed the bus. 哦不！我错过公交车了。