clipped

adjective
🔊/klɪpt/
🔊/klɪpt/
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  1. (of a person’s way of speaking说话方式) clear and fast but not very friendly清脆快速但不太友好的
    • his clipped military tones他那短促的军人语调
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryClipped is used with these nouns:
    • speech
    • tone
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