Clap

(verb.) clap one's hands together; 'The children were clapping to the music'.

(verb.) strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; 'clap two boards together'.

(verb.) strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting.

(verb.) put quickly or forcibly; 'The judge clapped him in jail'.

(verb.) strike the air in flight; 'the wings of the birds clapped loudly'.

(verb.) cause to strike the air in flight; 'The big bird clapped its wings'.

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• He smoked his pipe as we went along, and sometimes stopped to clap me on the shoulder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Your moral clap-traps have an excellent effect in England--keep them for yourself and your own countrymen, if you please. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It opened with a clap. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• That is a piece of clap-trap you have got ready for the hustings. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There was a moral infection of clap-trap in him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Under present circumstances, the one thing to be done was to clap the extinguisher upon Penelope's curiosity on the spot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It is truly wonderful, he said, how easily Society can console itself for the worst of its shortcomings with a little bit of clap-trap. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Diana clapped her hands. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When I finished reading my first page, and stopped for breath, he clapped his hands and cried out in his hearty way, Das ist gut! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She used to say yo' were the prettiest thing she'd ever clapped eyes on. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He looked at Anselmo and then clapped him on the back again as they started up the hill. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Here Marianne, in an ecstasy of indignation, clapped her hands together, and cried, Gracious God! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Zat Arras clapped his hands as he ceased speaking. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Sherlock Holmes clapped his hands softly together and chuckled. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Well hit, by Jove, says little Osborne, with the air of a connoisseur, clapping his man on the back. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Because, returned the sergeant, clapping him on the shoulder, you're a man that knows what's what. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I shall expect you, Wegg,' said Mr Boffin, clapping him on the shoulder with the greatest enthusiasm, 'most joyfully. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And that,' said Little Dorrit, clapping the two great hands together again, 'is Maggy's history, as Maggy knows! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Quite perfect,' rejoined Fagin, clapping him on the shoulder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• We say to the man who is tired of life that if he bungles we propose to make this world still less attractive by clapping him into jail. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Tell you what, said he, suddenly clapping his hand on Mr. Shelby's shoulder, fling in that chap, and I'll settle the business--I will. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Immediately afterwards, he twists him into a public-house and into a parlour, where he confronts him and claps his own back against the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The moment she is in the room Mr. Bucket claps the door to and puts his back against it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr Wegg claps on his spectacles, and admiringly surveys Mr Venus from head to foot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He claps his hands and Mesrour the Nubian appears, with bare arms, bangles, yataghans, and every Eastern ornament--gaunt, tall, and hideous. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• So he gallops close to the 'orse's legs, And he claps his head vithin; And the Bishop says, 'Sure as eggs is eggs, This here's the bold Turpin! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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