clap
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they clap | |
| he / she / it claps | |
| past simple clapped | |
| past participle clapped | |
| -ing form clapping |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to hit your open hands together several times to show that you approve of or have enjoyed something 鼓掌，拍手（表示赞许或欣赏） The audience cheered and clapped. 观众又是喝彩又是鼓掌。 - clap somebody/something
Everyone clapped us when we went up to get our prize. 我们上前领奖时，大家都为我们鼓掌。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- enthusiastically
- excitedly
- loudly
- …
- clap and cheer
- [intransitive, transitive]
to hit your open hands together 拍手；击掌 Everyone clapped in time to the music. 大家合着音乐的节奏拍手。 - clap your hands
She clapped her hands in delight. 她高兴地拍起手来。 He clapped his hands for silence. 他拍手要大家安静下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- enthusiastically
- excitedly
- loudly
- …
- clap and cheer
- [transitive] clap somebody on the back/shoulder
to lightly hit somebody with your open hand, usually in a friendly way （常指友好地）轻拍某人的背（或肩） ‘Cheer up Tony,’ I said, and clapped him on the shoulder. “振奋起来吧，托尼。”我说，轻轻拍了拍他的肩膀。
- [transitive] clap something/somebody + adv./prep.
to put something/somebody somewhere quickly and suddenly 急速放置
Word Originverb Old English clappan ‘throb, beat’, of imitative origin. Sense (1) dates from late Middle English.