clapperclap•per /'klæpəʳ/

n C

1. 铃锤；钟锤

2. 英 拍板，响板

• Farmers used clappers to keep birds off their crops. 农民用响板轰走飞到田里的鸟。

词组like the clappers 英非正式 很猛的；很快地

• It was raining like the clappers today. 今天雨下得很猛。

• You'll have to run like the clappers if you want to catch that bus. 如果你想赶上那辆公共汽车，你就得快点儿跑。