| 单词 | clapper |
| 释义 | clapper (once / 7917 pages) 1n 2n 3n The tongue of a bell — the part inside that swings to make the bell ring — is called the clapper. The Liberty Bell cracked the first time the clapper struck the sides of the bell. The bell was recast twice, but eventually the clapper cracked that bell as well. The noun clapper is based on clap, from the Old English word clappan, which means to clap, throb, or beat. The word is supposed to be imitative of the sound the thing makes. When the clapper strikes the inside of a bell, it makes the bell ring. If you need the bell to be silent, you have to muffle the clapper to keep it from striking the inside of the bell and making a sound. WORD FAMILYclapper: clappers+/clap: clapped, clapper, clapping, claps/clapping: clappings USAGE EXAMPLESDirector of National Intelligence James Clapper later directly attributed that attack to Iranian hackers. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Two US officials have told the Guardian that the FBI was reluctant to sign off on Clapper and Johnson’s public allegation. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) Chelsea, going along like the clappers, unsurprisingly name an unchanged side. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) 1 n metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side 2Syn|Hyper tongue striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something n someone who applauds 3Syn|Hyper applauder extoller, laudator, lauder someone who communicates high praise n a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity Syn|Hyper glossa, lingua, tongue organ a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function articulatora movable speech organ |
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