Clipper
['klɪpə] or ['klɪpɚ]
解释:
(noun.) scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural).
(noun.) shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural).
(noun.) a fast sailing ship used in former times.
整理:伊冯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
(n.) A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
(n.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
校对:马尔科姆
例句:
- A typical vessel of this sort was the clipper ship _Great Republic_, built by Donald McKay of Boston during the first half of the century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- I also read The Clipper, The Police Gazette, The Billboard, The Dramatic Mirror, and a lot of similar publications, for I like to know what is going on. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
手打:南希