clapping
n. 拍手; 掌聲; 拍手聲; <醫> 拍打法(按摩的一種手法)
v. 拍手( clap的現在分詞 ); (常指友好地)輕拍某人的背(或肩); 急速放置
When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.
The men danced and the women clapped...
男人們跳舞,女人們拍手。
Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order...
米奇拍手示意他們安靜下來。
If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly.
I clapped a hand over her mouth.
我用一隻手迅速地捂住她的嘴。
If you clap someone on the back or on the shoulder, you hit their back or shoulder with your hand in a friendly way.
While Onassis might clap a friend on the back, Niarchos would extend a businesslike hand.
奧納西斯可能會拍拍朋友的後背,可尼亞爾霍斯卻會公事公辦地伸出手來。
A clap of thunder is a sudden and loud noise of thunder.
1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song.
觀眾們出奇地安靜,只是在每首歌結束後報以禮貌性的掌聲。
When I walked in, they all stood up and started clapping.
當我走進去時,他們全都起立鼓掌。
Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment.
鼓掌聲一度淹沒了發言人的聲音。
A little knot of men stood clapping.
一小群人站在那兒鼓掌。
The clapping was sustained for several minutes.
掌聲持續了幾分鐘.