clip-on 360 |
'clip-on adj. [only before noun] fastened to sth with a
clip #] tt: clip-on earrings —
picture c> jewellery
clipped /klipt/
adj. (of a person’s way of
speaking fS^,) clear and fast but not very friendly i: & £f
$J: his clipped military tones #,
$$ M 1J£ W % K
fto
clip per /'klip0(r)/ noun 1 clippers [pi.] a tool for cutting
small pieces off things 3$ M?: a pair of clippers see also nail clippers 2 a fast sailing ship,
used in the past ( IBBtfW ) l&iltftlS clip ping /'klipirj/ noun 1 [usually pi ] a piece cut off sth
UT$f: hedge/nail clippings UrT.JftWft / 2 (espe
cially NAmE) = cutting(I)
clique /klirk/
noun [C+sing./pl. v.] (often
disapproving) a small group of
people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them MM', /Ml
@3; /MS#
cliquey /'kliiki/
(also cliqu
ish /'kliikij-/)
adj. (disapproving) tending to form a
clique; controlled by cliques
tm&mfiW;. He
found the school very
cliquey and elitist.
„
clit ic /'klitik/ noun (grammar a word that is not
stressed and usually only occurs in combination with another word, for example
‘m’ in ‘I’m’ Wi ^ in M, lie in
( #11 it-,
ii#Rig^ftfeiff|j&/]3 ) —compare enclitic,
PROCLITIC
clitoris /'khtaris/
noun the small sensitive
organ just above the opening of a woman’s vagina
which becomes larger when she is sexually excited Rf]#;
►
clit-or-al /'klitaral/
adj. [only before noun]
Cllr
abbr. (BrE) (used before names in
writing) Councillor ( Cllr
Michael Booth
cloak /klauk; NAmE
klouk/ noun, verb u noun 1 [C] a type of coat
that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders,
worn especially in the past ( 4il 2 [sing.]
(literary) a thing that hides or
covers sb/sth H $J: They left under the cloak of darkness.
rmrr.
m verb [VN] ~ sth (in sth) [often passive] (literary) to cover or hide sth
Hi M ; M : The hills were
cloaked in thick
mist, ^ If
f$lil o
0 The meeting was cloaked
in
mystery. -\#L ► cloaked adj.■. a tall
cloaked figure (= a person wearing a
cloak) —'MFlf ££
jkl mmmja
,cloak-and~'dagger adj. [only before
noun] cloak-and- dagger
activities are secret and mysterious, sometimes in a way that people think is
unnecessary or ridiculous
mm, wm^m ()
cloak-room /’klaukruim;
-rum; NAmE 'klouk-/ noun 1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually check-room, 'coat
check, coat-room) a room in a public building where people can leave
coats, bags, etc. for a time A i® |bJ ;
2
(BrE) a room in a public
building where there are toilets Jlk; $:##]
clob ber /'klDb0(r);
NAmE 'kla:b-/ verb, noun m verb [VN] (informal) 1 to hit sb very hard 3It3j; M.
fj 2 [often passive] to affect sb badly or
to punish them, especially by making them lose money Aitfe ; M EJ; ) : The paper got clobbered
with libel damages of half
a million pounds. SXWfo[t&W.
+ 3 [usually passive] to
defeat sb completely ) : We
got
clobbered in the game on
Saturday. tell
PBt&fifeo
■
noun [U] (BrE, informal) a person’s clothes or
equipment AJi; a BEE]stuff
cloche /klDj';
NAmE klouj/ noun 1 (also .cloche 'hat) a woman’s hat, shaped
like a bell, and fitting close to the head, worn especially in the 1920s ( 1t¥a
20 20 #
ft#! ) W 2a glass or plastic cover placed over
young plants to protect
them from cold weather (
clocks ^
hour hand
| ....
digital watch
clock 0-w /kink; NAmEklaik/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 [C] an instrument for measuring and showing time,
in a room or on the wall of a building (not worn or carried like a watch) It: It was
A 0 o The clock is
fast/slow. It i I# 'ft 7 / 'It 7. 0
The clock has stopped. o the clock face (= the
front part of a clock with the numbers on) It ® 9 The hands of the clock crept slowly
around.
##jB'tlf fEMM life A If o 0 Ellen heard the loud
ticking of the clock in the hall. —see
alSO ALARM CLOCK, BIOLOGICAL CLOCK, BODY CLOCK, CARRIAGE
CLOCK, CUCKOO CLOCK, GRANDFATHER CLOCK,
o’clock, time clock 2 the
clock [sing.] (informal) = milometer : a used car with 20 000 miles on the
clock -mi+Wf 2
n»T71 against the clock if you do sth against the clock, you do it fast in order to finish before a particular
time tfrfltlH]; around/round the 'dock all day
and all night without stopping 0^^^; ^UI^0 put the clocks forward/back (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one
hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of
summer ( /ft 13 ( -ft
fj—'JvhW ) put/turn the 'clock back 1 to return to a situation that existed in the past; to remember a past
age % IB; If IB: I wish
we could turn the clock
back two years and give
the marriage another chance.
2 (disapproving) to return to old-fashioned methods or ideas JF $J Ap.: The new censorship law will turn the
clock back 50 years. 50
0 run down/out the 'dock (US) if a sports team tries to run down/out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and
just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring ^ ^ ifJ
ttimiB] (iwa Jh Xt ) — compare time-wasting(2) the
clocks go forward/back the time changes
officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer ( JC10 ^|] ) — more at beat v., race n., stop
v., watch v.
m verb 1 [VN] to reach a particular time
or speed PJ ( : He clocked 10.09
seconds in the 100
metres final, fife lOO^Sfc&JS 10.09^ WSift „ 2 ~ sb/
sth (at sth) to measure the speed
at which sb/sth is travelling $PJ••• 1$ 11J$: [VN
-ing] The police clocked her
doing over 100 miles an
hour. W^$,jLf}!!tfe(HJ#ii#/bN' 100 ^ i 0 ■ o [VN]
Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at
80
M o 3 (BrE, informal)
to notice or recognize sb #||J; iAtlJ:
[VN] 7 clocked her in the driving mirror.
[also
V wh-, V that] 4 [VN] (BrE,