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单词 clipped
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(klɪpt)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Clipped means neatly cut.
...a quiet street of clipped hedges and flowering gardens.
...a dapper man with a clipped moustache.
2. adjective
If you say that someone has a clipped way of speaking, you mean they speak with quick, short sounds, and usually that they sound upper-class.
The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

clipped in British English

(klɪpt)
adjective
(of speech or voice) abrupt and distinct

Examples of 'clipped' in a sentence
clipped

He reached across and clipped the doctor's lifeline on to the frame and handed him the intercom phone.
Lunnon-Wood, Mike LET NOT THE DEEP
Always keep a catalogue in front of you clipped open, no matter what.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS
Of course... "The soft, watery pale blue eyes, the clipped sentences.
Dobbs, Michael THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS

In other languages
clipped

British English: clipped ADJECTIVE
Clipped means neatly cut.
...a quiet street of clipped hedges and flowering gardens.
  • American English: clipped
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aparado
  • Chinese: 修剪整齐的
  • European Spanish: cortado
  • French: bien tailléN
  • German: geschoren
  • Italian: curato
  • Japanese: 刈り込んだ
  • Korean: 깔끔하게 잘라 다듬은
  • European Portuguese: aparado
  • Latin American Spanish: cortado
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