clip the church

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day. historical
    — In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools. The charity children clipped the church in Birmingham.

词形变化

clips the church present,singular,third-person clipping the church participle,present clipped the church participle,past clipped the church past

词源

From Old English clyppan (“to hug, to clasp”).
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