| 单词 | clap |
| 释义 | clap (once / 386 pages) 1vn 2v 3n To clap is to strike your hands together. After an awesome play, an audience will clap and maybe even stand up and hoot. A clap is also any loud or sharp noise or collision, like a clap of thunder. After you see a performance, it's polite to clap — smack your hands together quickly and repeatedly. To clap also means to put something down quickly and with force, like if you clap a plate on a table. Any sharp, loud sound is a clap, like a clap caused by an explosion. Clapping two objects together quickly will cause a clap. All types of claps and clapping involve sharp movements and loud sounds. WORD FAMILYclap: clapped, clapper, clapping, claps+/clapper: clappers/clapping: clappings USAGE EXAMPLESSome 15-100 performers dressed in white twirl long sticks, beat drums and clap to songs about love and generosity. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) The crowd began clapping and teammates came over to hug the senior safety. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) Trump pulled his face into a crocodile smile, clapped his hands and promised, “Brexit plus plus plus!” New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1v clap one's hands together The children were clapping to the music Syn|Hyper spat gesticulate, gesture, motion show, express or direct through movement 2v clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acclaim, applaud, spat boo, hiss show displeasure, as after a performance or speech bravo applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava' gesticulate, gesture, motion show, express or direct through movement 3v strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 4v strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise clap two boards together Hyper hit cause to move by striking 5v put quickly or forcibly The judge clapped him in jail Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 6n a sudden very loud noise Syn|Hypo|Hyper bam, bang, blast, eruption water hammer the banging sound of steam in pipes noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 7n a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated 2Syn|Hyper clack noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 1v strike the air in flight the wings of the birds clapped loudly Hyper beat, flap move with a flapping motion 2v cause to strike the air in flight 3The big bird clapped its wings Hyper beat, flap move with a thrashing motion n a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra Syn|Hyper gonorrhea, gonorrhoea Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
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