founder

詳細解釋：

founder

v.（動詞）
foun.dered,foun.der.ing,foun.ders
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To sink below the water:
沉沒：沉到水下：
例句：
The ship struck a reef and foundered.
船觸礁沉沒了

To cave in; sink:
塌陷；沉沒：
例句：
The platform swayed and then foundered.
月台晃動著塌陷了

To fail utterly; collapse:
崩潰；倒塌：
例句：
a marriage that soon foundered.
一場很快破裂的婚姻

To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
摔倒：跌倒，尤指絆倒並跌跛。常用於指馬
To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
因過食而得病。用於家畜
To be afflicted wtih laminitis. Used of horses.
患蹄葉炎。用於指馬
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause to founder.
使沉沒
n.（名詞）
See laminitis
參見 laminitis

來源：
Middle English foundren [to sink to the ground]
中古英文 foundren [昏倒在地]
from Old French fondrer
源自 古法文 fondrer
from Vulgar Latin *funder3re
源自 俗拉丁語 *funder3re
from *fundus .funder- [bottom]
源自 *fundus ·funder- [底部]
from Latin fundus fund-
源自 拉丁語 fundus fund-

The verbsfounder and flounder are often confused. Founder comes from a Latin word meaning .bottom. (as infoundation ) and originally referred to knocking enemies down;it is now used as well to mean .to fail utterly, collapse.. Flounder means .to move clumsily, thrash about,.and hence .to proceed in confusion..If John isfoundering in Chemistry , he had better drop the course; if he isfloundering, he may yet pull through.
動詞founder 和 flounder 常被混淆。 Founder 從拉丁語演變而來， 意為.底部.（如在foundation 中）， 原指將敵人打倒在地；現在亦指.完全失敗，崩潰.。 Flounder 指.掙扎，踉蹌.，並由此引申出.在困惑中進行.的意思。如果說約翰在化學中失敗， 他最好放棄這門功課； 如果他正在掙扎中， 他可能還能通過這門課

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founder
founder 2

n.（名詞）
One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something:
奠基者，創建者，締造者：創立，建立或為…打基礎的人：
例句：
the founder of a university; the founders of a new nation.
一所大學的創辦人；一個新民族的奠基人