核心畫面

You can think of a pair of closing once. The end comes off, and what is left is shorter than it was, with a clean straight edge. Nothing is torn and nothing trails — it simply stops where the blade stopped.

可以想成一把剪刀合起來一次。末端被剪掉,剩下的比原來短,而且邊緣乾乾淨淨、很平整。沒有撕裂,也沒有拖尾巴。東西就停在更多收起可以想成一把剪刀合起來一次。末端被剪掉,剩下的比原來短,而且邊緣乾乾淨淨、很平整。沒有撕裂,也沒有拖尾巴。東西就停在刀口停下來的地方。

Two branches

剪短的東西

這一族就是刀口留下的結果本身,看得到也摸得到。

adjective · B2

Cut so that it is short, even and tidy. It is used about things that get trimmed with scissors, shears or clippers — hair, a beard, a hedge, grass, nails, the edge of a photo.

修剪整齊的

剪短的話

同一個刀口換到聲音上:每個字都在該有的長度之前收掉,不拖也不連。

adjective · C1

A clipped voice, tone or way of speaking is quick and very clear, with each word cut short and kept separate from the next. It often sounds cold or unfriendly, as if the speaker does not want to say any more than they have to.

(說話)短促而清楚的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

clippedadj/klɪpt/

  • 1

    Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.

  • 2

    With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.

  • 3

    Circumcised.

    • After all, Jehovah had instituted the rite of circumcision in which the clipped penis became consecrated to him, […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。