clip-clop

短语

n. (=clippety-clop)似马蹄声的声音

发音

UK /ˈklɪp.klɒp/
US /ˈklɪp.klɔp/
US /ˈklɪp.klɑːp/
/k͜ǃ.k͜ǃ/

词形变化

clip-clops 复数 clip-clops clip-clopped clip-clopping clip-clops 三单 clip-clopping 现在分词 clip-clopped 过去式 clip-clopped 过去分词

别名

clip clop

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.

    Meronyms: clop, cloop

    With loud clip-clops, several middle-aged women ran out from within to stare at the T’ang monk, grinning stupidly all the time.

    All night long, Dog heard the clip-clop of horses hauling the wagons to market.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a clip-clop noise.

    One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

clunking clop clippety-clop clopping clumping

上位词 1

sound

词源

Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession.

来源：wiktionary