clip

• n. （塑料或金属的）夹子；回纹针；修剪；剪报
• vt. 剪；剪掉；缩短；给…剪毛（或发）用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上
• vi. 剪；修剪；剪下报刊上的文章（或新闻、图片等）；迅速行动；用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上

词态变化

中文词源

1. 剪，拟声词，剪具剪东西的声音。 2. 夹子，来自PIE*glei,黏，粘，词源同clamp,cling.

英文词源

clip (v.1)

"to cut or sever with a sharp instrument," c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse klippa, Swedish klippa, Danish klippe "clip, shear, cut") probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping.

Meaning "to pronounce short" is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coins (c. 1400), but later extended to swindles from the sense "to shear sheep," hence clip-joint "place that overcharges outrageously" (1933, American English, a term from Prohibition). To clip (someone's) wings figuratively (1590s) is from the method of preventing a captive bird from flying.

clip (v.2)

"fasten, hold together by pressure," also (mostly archaic) "to embrace," from Old English clyppan "to embrace, clasp; surround; prize, honor, cherish;" related to Old Frisian kleppa "to embrace, love," Old High German klaftra, German klafter "fathom" (on notion of outstretched arms). Also compare Lithuanian glebys "armful," globiu "to embrace, support." Meaning "to fasten, bind" is early 14c. Meaning "to fasten with clips" is from 1902. Related: Clipped; clipping. Original sense of the verb is preserved in U.S. football clipping penalty.

clip (n.1)

"something for attaching or holding," mid-14c., probably from clip (v.2). Meaning "receptacle containing several cartridges for a repeating firearm" is from 1901. Meaning "piece of jewelry fastened by a clip" is from 1937. This is also the source of paper clip (1854). Old English had clypp "an embrace."

clip (n.2)

mid-15c., "shears," from clip (v.1). Meaning "act of clipping" is from 1825, originally of sheep-shearing, later of haircuts. Meaning "rate of speed" is 1867 (compare clipper). Meaning "an extract from a movie" is from 1958.

双语例句

1. They moved out from the airport at a brisk clip.

他们迅速撤离机场。

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2. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.

别忘了剪下标志，贴到你的卡上。

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3. The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip.

英国广播公司对外电视频道的新闻节目播放了同样的电影剪辑片段。

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4. Studios are releasing movies at a fast clip.

电影制片公司发行新片的速度很快。

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5. She took the clip out of her hair.

她把发夹取了下来。

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