clapper
clapper 英 ['klæpə] 美 ['klæpɚ]
n. 拍手者；铃舌；响板；唠唠叨叨的嘴巴
名词复数:clappers
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- n. 拍手者；铃舌；响板；唠唠叨叨的嘴巴
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1. James clapper, the director of national intelligence, had been forced to acknowledge at an earlier hearing, "We are not clairvoyant."
早在一次听证会上国家情报局局长James Clapper曾被强迫承认“我们没有洞察力。”
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2. Secretive marsh birds like clapper rails, king rails and soras—one of which has already been found oiled—frequent brackish and salt marsh habitat.
像长嘴秧鸡（clapper rail）、王秧鸡（king rail）和黑脸田鸡这类喜欢在沼泽地活动的鸟类——其中一种鸟已经发现被石油侵害了——经常在含有盐分的沼泽地栖息。
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3. They also want to know if clapper thinks there’s any affirmative legal “prohibition” to geodata collection by spies, if the spy chief doesn’t think it’s legal.
他们还想知道，如果克拉帕认为这种活动是不合法的，那么这位情报主管是否同意在法律上“禁止”特工收集地理位置数据。
- clapper (n.) late 13c., "something which strikes with a loud, sharp noise," agent noun from clap (v.). Meaning "tongue of a bell" is from late 14c. Old English had clipur. Meaning "hinged board snapped in front of a camera at the start of filming to synchronize picture and sound" is from 1940.
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