A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.

某些动物身上的鳍状肢或扁平附肢。

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Michael Beasley: He would rather put up a flipper than try to dunk over or through a nasty big man.

迈克尔-比斯利：他宁愿举起脚鸭板也不尝试扣篮或突破一个讨厌的大个。

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The green sea turtle, could only swim around in a very limited range because she only had one flipper.

这只绿海龟只能在很有限的范围里游，因为她只有一只鳍。

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He usually has his head buried in the guts of a vintage machine, maybe fixing a flipper on Mata Hari.

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He claims he applied to be a burger-flipper six months ago.

ECONOMIST: Out of sight, out of mind