Word · Frequency #22256
clipper
理发剪；指甲剪
scissors for cutting hair or fingernails, usually used in the plural
常以复数形式 clippers 出现
- 1.
Anything or anyone that clips.
用于剪切的物品或剪切的人。
- 2.
A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
用于剪切头发、硬币或指甲等的工具。
- 3.
Something that moves swiftly; especially:
快速移动的事物；尤指:
- 4.
An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
蛱蝶科Parthenos sylvia的一种亚洲蝴蝶。
- 5.
A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
限制波形振幅不超过设定值的电路。
修枝剪；园艺剪；快速帆船；用于剪切的物品或剪切的人。；用于剪切头发、硬币或指甲等的工具。；快速移动的事物；尤指:
In use
I always keep a pair of nail clippers in my backpack for emergencies.
The barber picked up the hair clippers and started trimming the sides.
I need to buy some new clippers because this old pair no longer cuts cleanly.
a pair of clippers
clippers 常用复数形式，指由两刃组成的工具。
I need a pair of clippers to trim the hedge.
我需要一把修枝剪来修剪树篱。
nail clippers
指甲剪通常以复数形式 clippers 出现。
These nail clippers are sharp.
这把指甲剪很锋利。
clipper ship
clipper 在这里指旧时的高速帆船。
Connections
Collocations
- clipper ship
- 快速帆船
- The museum displays a model of a 19th-century clipper ship.博物馆展出一艘19世纪快速帆船的模型。
- hair clippers
- 理发推子
- My father still uses his old hair clippers at home.我父亲还在家用他的旧理发推子。
- nail clippers
- 指甲剪
- She keeps a set of nail clippers in her bag.她包里总放着一套指甲剪。
- beard clippers
- 胡须修剪器
- He uses beard clippers to keep his beard tidy.他用胡须修剪器保持胡子整洁。
- hedge clippers
- 绿篱剪；修枝剪
- I need a new pair of hedge clippers to trim the bushes.我需要一把新的绿篱剪来修剪灌木。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：clip 有“剪”意，-er 表示工具，所以 clipper 是剪刀/理发剪；快速帆船像剪开浪花一样疾驰，也叫 clipper。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：hair salon or home grooming、gardening and yard work、historical writing about sailing ships 该词在不同语域中有明显差异：作为修剪工具（通常用复数 clippers）多用于日常中性语境；而“快速帆船”义比较常见于历史或航海题材的书面语。
Grammar Note
作剪刀、指甲剪、修枝剪等工具解时常用复数 clippers；作快速帆船解时为可数名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 clipper 押韵，词尾均含 -ipper，读 /-ɪpə/（美式常读 /-ɪpər/）。注意拼写相似的 viper 读 /ˈvaɪpə/，元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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