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clipped
adjective
uk /klɪpt/ us /klɪpt/
clippedadjective (SPEAKING)
with words pronounced quickly and clearly, sometimes with parts missing, or in a very short and unfriendly way: 急促的;短促的;生硬干脆的
clipped tonesI heard the clipped tones of his secretary saying "I have Mr Watson for you."我听见他的秘书急促地说：“沃森先生找您。”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
accommodation
alliterative
alveolar
apheresis
aphesis
assonance
diphthong
intrusive
labial
labialize
labiodental
mispronounce
postalveolar
postconsonantal
retroflex
retroflexion
rhotic
the International Phonetic Alphabet
unpronounceable
unrepeatable
clippedadjective (TIDY)
cut short and tidy: 修剪过的
a clipped beard/moustache修剪过的胡须／小胡子
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Clean & tidy
(as) clean as a (new) pinidiom
apple pie
asepsis
aseptic
be in apple-pie orderidiom
neatly
neatness
non-clogging
non-polluting
ordered
spotlessly
sprucely
squeaky-clean
stainless
super-clean
untarnished
unwrinkled
virginal
virginally
well kept
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