clapping是什么意思？

clapping

英['klæpɪŋ] 美['klæpɪŋ]

• n. 拍手，掌声，拍手声，<医> 拍打法（按摩的一种手法）；
• v. 拍手( clap的现在分词 )，（常指友好地）轻拍某人的背（或肩），急速放置；

例句

• A burst of hand-clapping followed the end of the song. 歌声结束后是一阵热烈的掌声。
• After the outstanding performance, all the audience are ardently clapping their hands, admiring and acclaiming us. 经过突出的演出以后, 所有的听众都热烈地鼓掌, 赞美我们.
• Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment. 鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
• When I walked in, they all stood up and started clapping. 当我走进去时，他们全都起立鼓掌。
• The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song. 观众们出奇地安静，只是在每首歌结束后报以礼貌性的掌声。
• A little knot of men stood clapping. 一小群人站在那儿鼓掌。
• Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment... 鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。

英语四级真题

In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  鼓掌;拍手;拍巴掌
  When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.
  例句
  The men danced and the women clapped... 男人们跳舞，女人们拍手。 Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order... 米奇拍手示意他们安静下来。
• VERB
  快速而有力地放置
  If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly.
  例句
  I clapped a hand over her mouth. 我用一只手迅速地捂住她的嘴。
• VERB
  轻拍(背或肩膀)
  If you clap someone on the back or on the shoulder, you hit their back or shoulder with your hand in a friendly way.
  例句
  While Onassis might clap a friend on the back, Niarchos would extend a businesslike hand. 奥纳西斯可能会拍拍朋友的后背，可尼亚尔霍斯却会公事公办地伸出手来。
• N-COUNT
  霹雳声;炸雷；响雷
  A clap of thunder is a sudden and loud noise of thunder.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together