clipping的意思

clipping

英式音标['klɪpɪŋ]
美式英标['klɪpɪŋ]

基本解释

n. 剪裁，剪断；剪报，剪辑；剪下物，剪下的东西

adj. 头等的，第一流的；极好的，恰好的

clipping (n.1): early 13c., "clasping, embracing," verbal noun from clip (v.2). As a U.S. football penalty (not in OED), from 1920.
Clipping or Cutting Down from Behind. -- This is to be ruled under unnecessary roughness, and penalized when it is practiced upon "a man obviously out of the play." This "clipping" is a tendency in the game that the committee is watching anxiously and with some fear. ["Colliers," April 10, 1920]
clipping (n.2): "a cutting," early 14c., verbal noun from clip (v.1). Sense of "a small piece cut off" is from late 15c. Meaning "an article cut from a newspaper" is from 1857.

3. Boardman finished in 1hr 43mins, clipping 49 seconds from his own course record.: 博德曼完成全程用时1小时43分，把自己的赛道纪录缩短了49秒。

5. She looked with appreciative eyes at the powerful young man clipping the hedge.: 她以欣赏的目光看着那个修剪矮树篱的健壮的年轻人.