clout
clout 英 [klaʊt] 美 [klaʊt]
n. 破布；敲打；影响力；势力 vt. 给…打补钉；猛击
进行时:clouting 过去式:clouted 过去分词:clouted 第三人称单数:clouts 名词复数:clouts
- When you speak of someone having clout, it usually means that they communicate a sense of power or influence, particularly in the political sense. "You’ll wanna talk to that big guy over there if you want me to let you in. He’s got clout."
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- n. 破布；敲打；影响力；势力
- vt. 给…打补钉；猛击
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1. But with its growing economic and military clout, China is now a major player at the G-20.
但其由于经济的增长和军事影响力，中国现在是G-20的一名主要成员。
- clout (n.) Old English clut "lump of something," also "patch of cloth put over a hole to mend it," from Proto-Germanic *klutaz (source also of Old Norse klute "kerchief," Danish klud "rag, tatter," Frisian klut "lump," Dutch kluit "clod, lump"); perhaps related to clot (v.).
- clout (v.) "to beat, strike with the hand," early 14c., from clout (n.), perhaps on the notion of hitting someone with a lump of something, or from the "patch of cloth" sense of that word (compare clout (v.) "to patch, mend," mid-14c.). Related: Clouted; clouting.
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