empty the clip

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm. US
    — Prosecutors say Medina fired eight shots, emptying the clip on his weapon.
  2. To compete with great vigor, especially by making numerous scoring attempts. US,broadly,idiomatic
    — DeRozan emptied the clip. The fans at the ACC emptied theirs, too. Every person in that arena […] was ready to leave it all on the floor.
  3. To speak vehemently, especially in an outraged, insulting, or threatening manner. US,broadly,idiomatic
    — When prodded about his team's struggles […] Boudreau completely emptied the clip before storming out of his postgame press conference.

词形变化

empties the clip present,singular,third-person emptying the clip participle,present emptied the clip participle,past emptied the clip past
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