after-clap

短语

词形变化

after-claps 复数 after-claps

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of afterclap.

    What he loses by Venus he thinks to recover by Mercury, but catches his cure as an after-clap, that commonly proves the worse disease of the two.

    Sir:—I have long feared that by our continually worrying the ministry here with successive after-clap demands for more and more money, we should at length tire out their patience.