Flounce

(noun.) the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions.

(verb.) walk emphatically.

手打:胡里奥

• Twice she reappeared at intervals of a few minutes and each time she said-- Not any flounce into the pond yet, little man? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And if you hear a frog jump into the pond with a flounce like a stone thrown in, be sure you run and tell me, because it is a sign of rain. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The stone fell with a flounce, but no Wildeve appeared on the other side, as on a previous occasion there. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Their female costume became astonishingly modern in style; their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Thus saying, Mr. Bumble put on his cocked hat wrong side first, in a fever of parochial excitement; and flounced out of the shop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Look, how muddy his horse is, flouncing about in the swamp; the dogs, too, look rather crestfallen. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,' said the Irrepressible, flouncing at her father in handing him the evidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Have a little drop, do'ee now, Mrs. Raggles, the cook was saying as Becky entered, the white cashmere dressing-gown flouncing around her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

整理:薇尔玛