- a device, typically flexible or worked by a spring, for holding an object or objects together or in place夹, 钳, 回形针。
- a device such as this used to hold banknotes纸币夹。
- a piece of jewellery fastened by a clip带夹首饰; 胸针。
- a metal holder containing cartridges for an automatic firearm弹夹。
clipped, clipping
with adverbial of place fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips夹住, 钳牢; 被夹, 被钳：with obj. she clipped on a pair of diamond earrings她夹上一对钻石耳饰
no obj. the panels simply clip on to the framework.画板只简单夹在架子上。
- cut short or trim (hair, wool, nails, or vegetation) with shears or scissors剪, 剪短; 修剪（头发, 羊毛, 指甲, 草木）：
I was clipping the hedge.
我在修剪树篱。
- trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal)修剪（动物）的毛：
how to clip your horse.
怎样修剪马毛。
clip something off
cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors剪下, 剪去：Philip clipped off another piece of wire
菲利普又剪下一段金属丝
figurative 〈喻〉she clipped nearly two seconds off the old record.
她将旧的纪录缩短了近两秒。
- cut (a section) from a newspaper or periodical（从报刊上）剪取：
a photograph clipped from a magazine.
从杂志上剪来的照片。
- pare the edge of (a coin), especially illicitly（尤指违法地）削去（硬币）的边缘：
they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down.
他们削下金币的边缘拿去烧熔。
- Brit. remove a small piece of (a bus or train ticket) to show that it has been used〈英〉剪（车票）, 轧（车票）。
- speak (words) in a quick, precise, staccato manner短促地说, 简短地说：
'Yes?' The word was clipped short
“怎么？”话说得很短促
as adj. clipped cold clipped tones.简短冰冷的语气。
- Computing process (an image) so as to remove the parts outside a certain area【计算机】截取（图像）。
- Electronics truncate the amplitude of (a signal) above or below predetermined levels【电子】截取（信号）的标准振幅, 限幅。
- strike smartly or with a glancing blow痛打; 擦击：
the car clipped the kerb
车擦击到马路的镶边石
he'll clip your ear.
他会打你的耳光。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction strike or kick (something, especially a ball) smartly in a specified direction向…猛击; 猛踢（球等）：
he clipped the ball into the net.
他猛地把球踢入球网。
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. swindle or rob (someone)〈非正式, 主北美〉诈骗（某人）; 抢劫（某人）：
in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times.
他管理这地方业务的这些年, 只被骗过三次。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal, chiefly US move quickly in a specified direction〈非正式, 主美〉疾速移向：
we clip down the track.
我们沿小道疾奔。
- an act of clipping or trimming something剪; 剪短; 修剪：
I gave him a full clip.
我把他的头发好好剪了一番。
- a short sequence taken from a film or broadcast电影（或广播）的剪截片断：
clips from earlier shows.
从早先表演中截下的片断。
- （亦作wool clip）the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep or flock（从羊或羊群）剪下的羊毛量。
- informal a smart or glancing blow〈非正式〉猛击; 擦击：
I'd give him a clip round the ear.
我要抽他一耳光。
- in sing. informal a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid〈非正式〉（行动）速度（尤指快速）：
we crossed the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip.
我们以惊人的快速穿过舞池。
at a clip
- US informal at a time; all at once〈美, 非正式〉每次, 一次; 同时：
I spent several days with him, eight hours at a clip.
我和他共度了几天, 每天八小时在一起。
clip the wings of
- trim the feathers of (a bird) so as to disable it from flight修剪（鸟）的羽毛以防止其飞行。
- prevent (someone) from acting freely; check the aspirations of钳制（某人）; 扼杀（某人）的雄心：
he finally clipped the wings of his high-flying chief of staff.
他最终钳制了野心勃勃的参谋长。