汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 翻来覆去
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again
Describe it again and again / Also described back and forth to flip the body
形容一次又一次。也形容来回翻动身体。
fān () lái
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她把它翻来覆去地把玩思索。

She turned it over and over, and thought about it.

你长吁短叹,翻来覆去,试图能够入睡。

You sigh, toss and turn, and try to get to sleep.

她在床上翻来覆去,把被单弄得乱成一团。

She had tangled up the sheets on the bed as she lay tossing and turning.

这恰好给我更多的时间翻来覆去

It just gave me more time to toss and turn.

体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语,真叫人腻烦。

Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.

这位老祖父看了看谷子,拿在手中翻来覆去地把玩了一番。

The old grandfather looked at it and turned it about in his hand.

汤姆,你翻来覆去,还说梦话,我给你搞得一夜只睡了半夜的觉。

Tom, you pitch around and talk in your sleep so much that you keep me awake half the time.

他本来想顺应自己的神经的要求,翻来覆去,坐立不安,可是他又怕吵醒了希德。

He would have tossed and fidgeted, as his nerves demanded, but he was afraid he might wake Sid.