看美剧学英语高频短语：Flip out

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Flip out: To suddenly express anger or excitement in a very visible way.To become emotionally unstable or unmoored. To cause someone to have an extreme emotional reaction, whether positive or negative. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flip" and "out."

中文释义：flip作动词，是“翻”的意思，flip out，可以形象地解释为气疯了、怒极了......用以描述某人一时情绪失控，引发暴怒或过激的行为，这种猛烈的情感释放持续时间通常较短，之后人们会恢复平静。在美式英语里，flip out通常指因为某事而情绪失控，属于短暂的行为，例句：I nearly flipped out when she told me she and David were getting married.（当我从她嘴里得知她与大卫即将结婚后，我简直快要气疯了。）