flounder

英 ['flaʊndə] 美 ['flaʊndɚ]

• vi. 挣扎，折腾；错乱地做事或说话
• n. 挣扎，辗转；比目鱼

1、flounce + blunder.

founder蹒跚,绊倒。
flounder挣扎,踉跄。
blunder踉跄地走。
2. flat => flounder "flatfish" (suffixed and nasalized form).
3. 同源名称的比目鱼：flatfish, plaice, fluke, flounder.
4. perhaps an alteration of founder.
5. perhaps native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion, symbolic fl- frequently beginning words connected with swift or sudden movement. See other terms beginning with fl, such as flutter, flitter, float, flap, flub, flip.
6. perhaps a blend of founder and blunder.
7. 谐音“浮乱动”----浮在水上乱动。
8. flo＝flow / float + under => 在水下流动、浮动，不挣扎的话就等着淹死吧。
9. 源自founder 摔倒，沉没→沉在底部，flounder 指还能走，比founder 多个l，看成撑着的木杖。
10. flow + under 脚下是湍急的流水、河水，你挣扎，艰苦地移动，因为脚下的水湍流不息、非常湍急。