• n. （塑料或金屬的）夾子；回紋針；修剪；剪報
• vt. 剪；剪掉；縮短；給…剪毛（或發）用別針別在某物上，用夾子夾在某物上
• vi. 剪；修剪；剪下報刊上的文章（或新聞、圖片等）；迅速行動；用別針別在某物上，用夾子夾在某物上

1. 剪，擬聲詞，剪具剪東西的聲音。 2. 夾子，來自PIE*glei,黏，粘，詞源同clamp,cling.

clip (v.1)

"to cut or sever with a sharp instrument," c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse klippa, Swedish klippa, Danish klippe "clip, shear, cut") probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping.

Meaning "to pronounce short" is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coins (c. 1400), but later extended to swindles from the sense "to shear sheep," hence clip-joint "place that overcharges outrageously" (1933, American English, a term from Prohibition). To clip (someone's) wings figuratively (1590s) is from the method of preventing a captive bird from flying.

clip (v.2)

"fasten, hold together by pressure," also (mostly archaic) "to embrace," from Old English clyppan "to embrace, clasp; surround; prize, honor, cherish;" related to Old Frisian kleppa "to embrace, love," Old High German klaftra, German klafter "fathom" (on notion of outstretched arms). Also compare Lithuanian glebys "armful," globiu "to embrace, support." Meaning "to fasten, bind" is early 14c. Meaning "to fasten with clips" is from 1902. Related: Clipped; clipping. Original sense of the verb is preserved in U.S. football clipping penalty.

clip (n.1)

"something for attaching or holding," mid-14c., probably from clip (v.2). Meaning "receptacle containing several cartridges for a repeating firearm" is from 1901. Meaning "piece of jewelry fastened by a clip" is from 1937. This is also the source of paper clip (1854). Old English had clypp "an embrace."

clip (n.2)

mid-15c., "shears," from clip (v.1). Meaning "act of clipping" is from 1825, originally of sheep-shearing, later of haircuts. Meaning "rate of speed" is 1867 (compare clipper). Meaning "an extract from a movie" is from 1958.

1. They moved out from the airport at a brisk clip.

他們迅速撤離機場。

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2. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.

別忘了剪下標志，貼到你的卡上。

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3. The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip.

英國廣播公司對外電視頻道的新聞節目播放了同樣的電影剪輯片段。

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4. Studios are releasing movies at a fast clip.

電影制片公司發行新片的速度很快。

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5. She took the clip out of her hair.

她把發夾取了下來。

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