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afterclap

/af-ter-klap, ahf-/US // ˈæf tərˌklæp, ˈɑf- //

掌声之后,掌声过后,拍手后,掌声后

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unexpected repercussion.

Examples

  • Afterclap, aft′ėr-klap, n. an unexpected event happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

  • It is the afterclap that keeps the people off the Gipsies, and secures for them a sort of toleration wherever they go.

  • And then the breakages, damages still chargeable; the probable afterclap?

  • This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.

  • Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.