clip
US: /ˈkɫɪp/
UK: /klˈɪp/
UK: /klˈɪp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
clip /klip/
- danh từ
- cái ghim, cái cặp, cái kẹp
- paper clip: cái kẹp giấy
- (quân sự) cái nạp đạn
- cái ghim, cái cặp, cái kẹp
- ngoại động từ
- sự xén, sự cắt, sự hớt (lông cừu)
- mớ lông (cừu...) xén ra
- cú đánh mạnh, cú quật mạnh
- (số nhiều) kéo xén; tông-đơ; cái bấm móng tay
- ngoại động từ
- cắt, cắt rời ra, xén, hớt (lông cừu, ngựa)
- to clip sheep: xén lông cừu
- rút ngắn, cô lại
- to clip a speech: rút ngắn bài nói
- bấm, xé đầu (vé, phiếu... để loại đi)
- nuốt, bỏ bớt, đọc không rõ
- to clip one's words: đọc nhanh nuốt chữ đi
- (từ lóng) đấm mạnh, đánh, nện
- cắt, cắt rời ra, xén, hớt (lông cừu, ngựa)
- danh từ
- sự đi nhanh
- at a fast clip: đi rất nhanh
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đứa bé láo xược, ranh con hỗn xược
- sự đi nhanh
- nội động từ
- đi nhanh; chạy
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] (often in compounds) a small metal or plastic object used for holding things together or in place: a hair clip + toe clips on a bicycle
See also -
2 [C] a piece of jewellery that fastens to your clothes: a diamond clip
3 [sing.] the act of cutting sth to make it shorter: He gave the hedge a clip.
4 [C] a short part of a film/movie that is shown separately: Here is a clip from her latest movie.
5 [C] (BrE, informal) a quick hit with your hand: She gave him a clip round the ear for being cheeky.
6 [C] a set of bullets in a metal container that is placed in or attached to a gun for firing
Idioms: at a fast, good, steady, etc. clip (especially AmE) quickly: Land prices will rise at a healthy clip.
+ verb (-pp-)
1 [+adv./prep.] to fasten sth to sth else with a clip; to be fastened with a clip: [VN] He clipped the microphone (on) to his collar. + Clip the pages together. + [V] Do those earrings clip on?
2 [VN] ~ sth (off / from sth) to cut sth with scissors or SHEARS, in order to make it shorter or neater; to remove sth from somewhere by cutting it off: to clip a hedge + He clipped off a length of wire.
3 [VN] to hit the edge or side of sth: The car clipped the kerb as it turned. + She clipped the ball into the net.
4 [VN] ~ sth (out of / from sth) to cut sth out of sth else using scissors: to clip a coupon (out of the paper)
Idioms: clip sb's wings to restrict a person's freedom or power: Having a new baby to take care of has clipped her wings.
Phrasal Verbs: clip sth off sth (informal) to reduce the time that it takes to do sth by a particular length of time: She clipped two seconds off her previous best time.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 clasp, fasten, fix, attach, hold, clinch; staple:
Please clip these papers together.
n.
2 clasp, fastener:
That clip isn't strong enough to hold all these papers.
v.
1 trim (off), lop (off), cut (off), crop, bob, snip:
The barber clipped my hair short. Roger has clipped two seconds off the record.
2 shorten, reduce, abbreviate, diminish, cut (short):
The film was clipped by fifteen minutes for television. In her rapid-fire way of speaking, she clipped each word.
3 strike, hit, punch, smack, box, cuff, whack, Colloq wallop, clout; Slang sock:
He was clipped on the jaw and knocked out.
4 cheat, swindle, bilk, overcharge, Slang rook:
They clipped him out of a week's wages. She was clipped for a ten per cent 'service fee'.
n.
5 segment, interval, section, part, portion, extract, cutting, excerpt, cutting, bit, snippet, scrap, fragment:
We were shown a film clip of the cheese-making process.
6 blow, cuff, punch, hit, strike, smack, whack, box, Colloq wallop, clout; Slang sock:
She gave him a clip at the side of the head and he went down.
7 pace, rate, speed:
I was riding along at a good clip when my horse shied and I was thrown off.
Collocation dictionary
1 used for holding things together
ADJ.
bulldog, crocodile, spring | bicycle, hair, nose, paper, suspender, tie
VERB + CLIP
fasten, put (in/on)
She put a clip in her hair. He put his bicycle clips on and set off.
| take off, undo, unfasten
CLIP + VERB
hold sth
Paper clips held the picture in place.
2 small section from a film
ADJ.
brief, short | film, movie, video
VERB + CLIP
see | show
PREP.
in a/the ~
You will see in this clip how well she acts.
| ~ from
a clip from a Sherlock Holmes movie
Concise English dictionary
clipped|clipping|clipsklɪp
noun
+a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
+an instance or single occasion for some event
+any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
+an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
+the act of clipping or snipping
+a sharp slanting blow
verb
+sever or remove by pinching or snipping
+run at a moderately swift pace
+attach with a clip
+cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
+terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
