Clipped

(adj.) (of speech) having quick short sounds; 'a clipped upper-class accent' .

(adj.) cut or trimmed by clipping; 'a handsome man with a clipped moustache'; 'clipped hedges'; 'close-clipped lawns'; 'a clipped poodle' .

校对:谢尔比

• She talked away all the time the man clipped, and diverted my mind nicely. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The striking points in his appearance were his buff waistcoat, short-clipped blond hair, and neutral physiognomy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Their carbines were clipped to the frame of the bicycles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He went away chewing his lips to get at the ends of his short clipped moustache. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They perceived that the Legislative Assembly, so clipped of all experience, must certainly be a politically incompetent body. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She clipped the bouquet which George had brought her, and gave fresh water to the flowers, and read over the letter which he had sent her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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