英 [ˈklæpɪŋ] 美 [ˈklæpɪŋ]
n. 拍手；掌声；拍手声；拍打法（按摩的一种手法）
v. 鼓掌；击掌；轻拍某人的背（或肩）；急速放置（clap 的现在分词）
clap /klæp/ CET4 TEM4 [ clapping clapped claps ]
及物动词/不及物动词 When you clap, you hit your hands together to express appreciation or attract attention. 拍 (手); 鼓掌
The men danced and the women clapped.
男人们跳舞，女人们鼓掌。
Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order.
米琪拍着手，叫他们恢复秩序。
及物动词 If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly. 猛然放置
I clapped a hand over her mouth.
我猛地用一只手捂住了她的嘴。
及物动词 to make or cause to make a sharp abrupt sound, as of two nonmetallic objects struck together (两个非金属物相撞时)发出尖锐、突发的声音
可数名词 A clap of thunder is a sudden and loud noise of thunder. 轰隆的雷声
→a slang word forgonorrhoea
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
同义词： applause / hand clapping
... 易拉宝 Yilabao 小拍手 clapping 打击棒 Against ...
... clapping 掌声 ovation 热烈欢迎 praise 赞美 ...
... 翅膀 wing 乌鸦的翅膀遮不住太阳。 the wings of a crow can never cover up the sun 拍打法 clapping 拍打柳 the whomping ...
He came on stage amid clapping and cheering.
他在掌声和欢呼声中走上舞台。
Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment.
掌声盖过了发言人的说话声有一阵儿。
I could hear the sound of clapping from the other room.
我听得见另一个房间里的鼓掌声。
You knew it was time to start clapping as soon as that chord hit that, it stopped going back and forth,tonic,dominant,just sitting there.
你知道在这个和弦出来的时候要拍手，然后停下来，来回的行进，而主音，属音，然后保持住。
聆听音乐课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
We had our friends and we were singing songs together and they were making her hands clap 'cause when they were doing clapping, they want to hear her claps.
我们有一大群朋友，大家一块儿唱歌,孩子们让Harako拍掌,因为他们拍掌时，他们也想听见她拍掌。
媒体、教育、市场课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
Miss Kim grows animated, excitedly pointing out the significance of each song and clapping along.
Deep Fried Man's act includes an ode to interracial love that gets the audience clapping along.
Abroad, though, the clapping is amplified as loudly as those blaring black trucks in Tokyo.