clap /klæp/ CET4 TEM4 ( clapping, clapped, claps )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you clap, you hit your hands together to express appreciation or attract attention. 拍 (手); 鼓掌

  例：

  The men danced and the women clapped.

  男人们跳舞，女人们鼓掌。

  例：

  Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order.

  米琪拍着手，叫他们恢复秩序。

• 2. 

  V-T If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly. 猛然放置

  例：

  I clapped a hand over her mouth.

  我猛地用一只手捂住了她的嘴。

• 3. 

  V-T to make or cause to make a sharp abrupt sound, as of two nonmetallic objects struck together (两个非金属物相撞时)发出尖锐、突发的声音

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A clap of thunder is a sudden and loud noise of thunder. 轰隆的雷声

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT → a slang word for gonorrhoea