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Clap Meaning English C Late 14c Beat German

正面 6821.clap
英 [klæp]美 [klæp]

背面
释义:
vi. 鼓掌,拍手;啪地关上vt. 拍手,鼓掌;轻轻拍打某人n. 鼓掌;拍手声n. (Clap)人名;(西、英)克拉普
例句:
1. Let's give the children a big clap.让我们为孩子们热烈鼓掌.

谐音“鲁的”---鲁莽的、粗鲁的。
clap 鼓掌拟声词,模仿鼓掌的声音。
clap (v.)Old English clæppan "to throb, beat," common Germanic, echoic (cognate with Old Frisian klapa "to beat," Old Norse klappa, Old High German klaphon, German klappen, Old Saxon klapunga). Meaning "to strike or knock" is from c. 1300. Meaning "to make a sharp noise" is late 14c. Of hands, to beat them together to get attention or express joy, from late 14c. To clap (someone) on the back is from 1520s. Related: Clapped; clapping.clap (n.1)"loud noise," c. 1200, from clap (v.). Of thunder, late 14c. Meaning "sudden blow" is from c. 1400; meaning "noise made by slapping the palms of the hands together" is from 1590s.clap (n.2)"gonorrhea," 1580s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle English clapper "rabbit-hole," from Old French clapoire (Modern French clapier), originally "rabbit burrow" (of uncertain origin), but given a slang extension to "brothel" and also the name of a disease of some sort. In English originally also a verb, "to infect with clap." Related: Clap-doctor."

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