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clapper

/klap-er/US // ˈklæp ər //UK // (ˈklæpə) //

拍打器,拍手者,拍手器,拍手

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who applauds.
    • : the tongue of a bell.
    • : Slang. the tongue.
    • : Usually clappers. two flat sticks held between the fingers and struck rhythmically against each other to produce abrupt, sharp sounds.
    • : Printing. a platen press.

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Examples

  • But why was James Clapper the man chosen to pick them up from Pyongyang?

  • In March, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed this in a letter to Congress.

  • Asked whether the National Security Agency collects “any type of data at all on millions of Americans,” Clapper said, “No, sir.”

  • Instead, Clapper responded with an egregious falsehood, if not an outright lie.

  • Wyden made news last year when he caught Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper in an obvious lie.

  • A clapper of conies, a heap of stones, &c., whereinto they retire themselves'; Cotgrave.

  • We had gained the Bell-and-Clapper Station as he spoke: two minutes yet before the train for the city would be in.

  • After staying there awhile and giving satisfaction, she changed to the refreshment-room at the Bell-and-Clapper.

  • “I got it safe enough; it was directed to the Bell-and-Clapper room,” returned Lizzie.

  • By this time, Jonas had got the leather off so far, that he could get at the clapper to mend it.