clipping
英 ['klɪpɪŋ]
美 ['klɪpɪŋ]
- n. 剪裁，剪断；剪报，剪辑；剪下物，剪下的东西
- adj. 头等的，第一流的；极好的，恰好的
英文词源
- clipping (n.1)
- early 13c., "clasping, embracing," verbal noun from clip (v.2). As a U.S. football penalty (not in OED), from 1920.
Clipping or Cutting Down from Behind. -- This is to be ruled under unnecessary roughness, and penalized when it is practiced upon "a man obviously out of the play." This "clipping" is a tendency in the game that the committee is watching anxiously and with some fear. ["Colliers," April 10, 1920]
- clipping (n.2)
- "a cutting," early 14c., verbal noun from clip (v.1). Sense of "a small piece cut off" is from late 15c. Meaning "an article cut from a newspaper" is from 1857.
双语例句
- 1. I saw an old man out clipping his hedge.
- 我看见一位老人在外面修剪树篱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Come in clipping time.
- 来得恰好.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. Boardman finished in 1hr 43mins, clipping 49 seconds from his own course record.
- 博德曼完成全程用时1小时43分，把自己的赛道纪录缩短了49秒。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He spent the whole morning clipping the trees.
- 他用整个上午修剪这些树.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She looked with appreciative eyes at the powerful young man clipping the hedge.
- 她以欣赏的目光看着那个修剪矮树篱的健壮的年轻人.
来自辞典例句