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clipboard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Daily life, Computers
clip·board /ˈklɪpbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]  1. Da small flat board with a clip on top that holds paper so that you can write on it 带夹书写板4  See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里5 see picture at 见图 office2. a part of a computer’s memory that stores information when you are moving it from one document to another 〔计算机的〕剪贴板
Examples from the Corpus
clipboardBut now the sergeant had a clipboard, and he needed information for it.The court was packed throughout the day-long hearing, and Sonia Sutcliffe sat alongside her solicitor carefully taking notes on a clipboard.Paperwork spreads over every desk and countertop, covers every clipboard, fills dozens of manila folders.Jody looks at the stats on her clipboard.They were handing people copies of a petition on clipboards, and the people were laughing and signing them.A few years down the road and along come the fitness men with their clipboards and stop-watches.
From Longman Business Dictionaryclipboardclip‧board /ˈklɪpbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countable]1a small flat board with a piece of metal or plastic on top for holding pieces of paper so that you can write on them2COMPUTING a part of a computer memory that stores sections of text while you move them from one part of a document to another, or to another document
clip·board nounChineseSyllable
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clipboard
clipboard /ˈklɪpbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]

1. a small flat board with a clip on top that holds paper so that you can write on it
2. a part of a computer’s memory that stores information when you are moving it from one document to another


clip·boardBrE /ˈklɪpbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklɪpbɔːrd/ 🔊 noun
a small board with a clip at the top for holding papers, used by sb who wants to write while standing or moving around 写字夹板;带夹写字板
(computing 计算机) a place in a computer's memory where information from a computer file is stored for a time until it is added to another file (临时存储信息的)剪贴板