paperclip
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pa·per·clip /ˈpeɪpəklɪp $ -ər-/ noun [countable] TDa small piece of curved wire used for holding sheets of paper together 回形针 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →5 see picture at 见图 office, stationery
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paperclip• She pulled out a bunch of newspaper cuttings fastened together with a paperclip and riffled through them, scanning the sense very quickly.• This was then we were indenting for paperclips one by one in those days.pa·per·clip nounChineseSyllable
Corpus piece curved of used for small a wire
paperclip
pa‧per‧clip /ˈpeɪpəklɪp $ -ər-/
noun [countable]
a small piece of curved wire used for holding sheets of paper together
pa‧per‧clip /ˈpeɪpəklɪp $ -ər-/
noun [countable]a small piece of curved wire used for holding sheets of paper together
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