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clipper-built
(
a
.)快艦型構造的,流線型的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Clip·per
n.
1.
One
who
clips
;
specifically
,
one
who
clips
off
the
edges
of
coins
.
The
value
is
pared
off
from
it
into
the
clipper's
pocket
.
--
Locke
.
2.
A
machine
for
clipping
hair
,
esp
.
the
hair
of
horses
.
3.
Naut.
A
vessel
with
a
sharp
bow
,
built
with
a
fast
hull
and
tall
sails
,
rigged
for
fast
sailing
,
and
used
in
trade
where
the
cargo
capacity
was
less
important
than
the
speed
; --
called
also
clipper ship
. --
Clip*per-built
a.
Note:
☞
The
name
was
first
borne
by
“Baltimore clippers”
famous
as
privateers
in
the
early
wars
of
the
United
States
.
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