| 单词 | clipper |
| 释义 | clipper (once / 3496 pages) 1n 2n 3n Use the noun clipper when you're talking about an old-fashioned ship with many masts and sails. Although clippers were mostly used in the nineteenth century for carrying goods across oceans, you can still see them in various harbors today. The name clipper came from the verb clip, which can mean "to move or run rapidly." An entirely different meaning of clipper is the kind you use to trim your toenails or the weeds along the edge of your driveway. WORD FAMILYclipper: clippers+/clip: clipped, clipper, clipping, clips, unclip/clipped: clippedly/clipping: clippings/unclip: unclipped USAGE EXAMPLESClippers center DeAndre Jordan limped throughout the Thunder game after he hurt his left hip and left ankle. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Suns: Monday they travel to Los Angeles to face the Clippers. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The short-handed Clippers lost their fifth game in a row on Friday night, a 140-116 blowout loss in Houston. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural) Hyper pair of scissors, scissors an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades 2n shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) 2Hyper shears large scissors with strong blades n a fast sailing ship used in former times 3Syn|Hyper clipper ship sailing ship, sailing vessel a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts n (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) Syn|Hyper limiter circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
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