clipper
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clip·per /ˈklɪpə $ -ər/ noun 
1 clippers [plural]DCB a special tool with two blades, used for cutting small pieces from something 剪具，剪子 nail clippers
指甲剪
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clippers• hedge clippers
2. TTW[countableC] a fast sailing ship used in the past 〔旧时的〕快速帆船
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clipper• While he hauls up his boat, Annie gets her clippers.• But the days of clipper ships were numbered.• Many of the best racing clippers were therefore composite built.• Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?• One of them with interior décor of a nineteenth-century sailing clipper.• We were losing money in the teaching business because of the cost of the clipper blades.• Trim the toenails by cutting straight across with a toenail clipper.