单词 | clipping |
释义 | clipping (klɪpɪŋ ) Word forms: clippings 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. ...bulletin boards crowded with newspaper clippings. 2. countable noun [usually plural, oft noun NOUN] Clippings are small pieces of something that have been cut from something larger. Having mown the lawn, there are all those grass clippings to get rid of. ...nail clippings. Collocations: fingernail clippings Fingernail clippings were also taken from the defendants. Times, Sunday Times By analysing the fingernail clippings of bodybuilders, scientists were able to detect which had used a banned anabolic steroid during a six-month training period. Times, Sunday Times He also made her a bracelet from his hair and kept her fingernail clippings and sweat. Times, Sunday Times Patients have two copies of a mutation that causes blood cells to take the shape of fingernail clippings because their framework of haemoglobin becomes deformed. Times, Sunday Times Even compost heaps get thirsty, especially if there are lots of grass clippings. Times, Sunday Times Mow the lawn to collect a mixture of grass clippings and chopped-up beech leaves. The Sun They will be beautifully shredded and mixed with the grass clippings — manna to any compost heap, and perfect as a mulch under bamboos. Times, Sunday Times Repeated mowing and the removal of grass clippings means we need to feed. The Sun Leave a pile of grass clippings in a corner in which bumblebees may nest or hibernate. Times, Sunday Times Ideally, its feedstock should contain a variety of materials - from lawn clippings to vacuum cleaner dust, from autumn leaves to used coffee filters. Times, Sunday Times You need to make it about two spits deep before you throw in old spent vegetable foliage mixed with ripped-up newspapers, cardboard, lawn clippings, etc. Times, Sunday Times I put all my lawn clippings, garden and kitchen vegetable waste on it, but it just turns to slime. Times, Sunday Times Ramps are also a great bonus to the weary gardener with a wheelbarrow full of heavy compost or lawn clippings. Times, Sunday Times Add layers of leaves and lawn clippings and other materials as they become available and water them with a watering can once in place. Times, Sunday Times Her magazine clippings are still on her bedroom wall. The Sun It would include newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and biographies of writers, journalists, poets and cartoonists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mixed media palette often includes photography, newspaper articles, magazine clippings, paint and color. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Scrapbook makers will also use magazine clippings to decorate their scrapbook pages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mack uses myriad art styles, not only pencil, ink, and color, but paint, magazine clippings, manga scans, and crayons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tablets may need to be taken for some months, so your doc may want to confirm the diagnosis by getting some nail clippings analysed first. The Sun Everything else gets recycled - dental floss, hair and nail clippings all go on the compost heap. Times, Sunday Times Body parts such as nail clippings and fallen hairs evoke disgust. Globe and Mail Scientists should study him now, before he becomes a robot, and take some nail clippings for future reference. Times, Sunday Times For this reason, the cat subsequently requires regular nail clippings to prevent its claws from growing into its paw pads. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So, her belongings, equipment, photographs and news clipping are displayed in this temple. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were poems and news clippings, as well. Christianity Today She shows me three scrapbooks full of news clippings of her fundraising success. Times, Sunday Times He sent her news clippings and favourable reviews, she said. Times, Sunday Times I still got news clippings to this day! The Sun She's eyeing up clothes, shoes, perfume bottles, private letters and, most baffling of all, she's even inquired about purchasing the star's toenail clippings. The Sun It has exactly the same effect as snorting a bucket of powdered toenail clippings. The Sun Why not fill your office stapler with toenail clippings, or ensure no one borrows your hole punch again by doing a honking great sneeze over it? Times, Sunday Times While at work, they get to complain about their menfolk to a receptive audience: his laziness, his lack of romantic gestures, his toenail clippings on your side of the bed. Times, Sunday Times By way of contrast, there are some 60 species in toenail clippings and 40 between the toes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 剪报 Japanese: 切り抜き |
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