英语词汇like the clappers怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

like the clappers

idiomUKold-fashionedinformal

extremelyfast:

飞快地

You'll have torunlike theclappersif youwanttocatchyourtrain.要是你想赶上火车就得飞奔。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move fast

speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
raceShe raced over and hugged me.
flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
streakBullets streaked across the sky.

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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hurrying and doing things quickly

accelerate
acceleration
against the clockidiom
against time/the clockidiom
alacrity
dash
get a wiggle onidiom
grab-and-go
grease
hacky
haste
prompt
promptly
promptness
quickie
rattlesomethingoff
rattle throughsomething
snap
stroke
tear

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(Definition oflike the clappersfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflike the clappers

like the clappers

We speak also of goingliketheclappers; this too is a nautical expression.

From theCambridge English Corpus

So they were all very disappointed, as were my staff, who had workedliketheclappersto organise the debate.

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单词	like the clappers
释义	like the clappers idiomUKold-fashionedinformal extremelyfast: 飞快地 You'll have torunlike theclappersif youwanttocatchyourtrain.要是你想赶上火车就得飞奔。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to move fast speedHe ran back to his car and sped off. raceShe raced over and hugged me. flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair. beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway. tearA fire truck came tearing down the road. streakBullets streaked across the sky. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hurrying and doing things quickly accelerate acceleration against the clockidiom against time/the clockidiom alacrity dash get a wiggle onidiom grab-and-go grease hacky haste prompt promptly promptness quickie rattlesomethingoff rattle throughsomething snap stroke tear See more results » (Definition oflike the clappersfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesoflike the clappers like the clappers We speak also of goingliketheclappers; this too is a nautical expression. From theCambridge English Corpus So they were all very disappointed, as were my staff, who had workedliketheclappersto organise the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/like-the-clappers##
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