| 单词 | to clap on the back | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto 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. < as lemmas  | 
	
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