英语词汇“to clap on the back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. To slap with the palm of the hand, in token of approval or encouragement; esp. in to clap (a person) on the back (also figurative). In northern dialect (expressing gentler action) to pat in token of endearment, to pat fondly. (So in Icelandic and Danish.)

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > pat on back

clapa1533

to pat on the back1821

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxii. sig. Sv These lusty damoyselles playnge..wyth these fresshe yonge lusty knightes clappynge theym on the backes with theyr whyte handes.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 71 To kisse one, or clap her on the lippes as we say merely.

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Demulceo, to clap: to straike with the hand.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxviii. 4 A louing dog was of his maister fane..His courteous maister clappit him agane.

1684 R. Baxter Short Answer in Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches ii. 28 Clapping on the back with encouragement the Drunkards.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 219 She clapp'd his Cheeks, and curl'd his Hair.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 476 Tom Davies clapped him on the back, to encourage him.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 130 His grandsire..clapt him on the hands and on the cheeks, Like one that lov'd him.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xii. 97 Clapping me in the friendliest way upon the shoulder.

单词	to clap on the back
释义	> as lemmas to clap (a person) on the back a. To slap with the palm of the hand, in token of approval or encouragement; esp. in to clap (a person) on the back (also figurative). In northern dialect (expressing gentler action) to pat in token of endearment, to pat fondly. (So in Icelandic and Danish.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > pat on back clapa1533 to pat on the back1821 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxii. sig. Sv These lusty damoyselles playnge..wyth these fresshe yonge lusty knightes clappynge theym on the backes with theyr whyte handes. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 71 To kisse one, or clap her on the lippes as we say merely. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Demulceo, to clap: to straike with the hand. a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxviii. 4 A louing dog was of his maister fane..His courteous maister clappit him agane. 1684 R. Baxter Short Answer in Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches ii. 28 Clapping on the back with encouragement the Drunkards. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 219 She clapp'd his Cheeks, and curl'd his Hair. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 476 Tom Davies clapped him on the back, to encourage him. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 130 His grandsire..clapt him on the hands and on the cheeks, Like one that lov'd him. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xii. 97 Clapping me in the friendliest way upon the shoulder. extracted from clapv.¹ < as lemmas
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