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1.APMthe metal part inside a bell that hits it to make it ring 钟锤;铃锤
2.run/go/drive etc like the clappersFAST/QUICKBritish EnglishBrE informal to run, drive etc very fast 飞快地奔跑/行走/开车等
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run/go/drive etc like the clappers• MalespeakerInside you are going like the clappers because you are nervous and the tension is building up.• Little legsgoing like the clappers.
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clapper• It was a perfect Great Hall of the People crowd: prominent, well behaved; all clappers, no complainers.• He was carrying his hand bell by its clapper, and he shifted his grip to the handle and began clanging.• Little legs going like the clappers.• But apparently these fish do have one redeemingfeature - they grow like the clappers.• All their backs were coming up like the clappers.• Sir David is, rather gallantly, hanging on the clapper.