clearance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈklɪə̯.ɹəns/|[ˈkʰlɪə̯.ɹəns] ~ [ˈkʰlɪə̯.ɹn̩s]    美 /ˈklɪɚ.əns/|[ˈkʰlɪɚ.əns] ~ [ˈkʰlɪɹ̩.n̩s]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared. countable,uncountable
    — In conclusion, it must be reiterated that effective snow clearance is largely a matter of forward planning and departmental co-operation.
  2. The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine countable,uncountable
  3. The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom. countable,uncountable
    — Clearance on these freeway overpasses is limited, so big trucks must detour.
  4. A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel. countable,uncountable
    — The plane got clearance from air traffic control, and we were off.
  5. A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information. countable,uncountable
    — In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
  6. A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected. countable,uncountable
  7. A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout. countable,uncountable
  8. The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house. countable,uncountable
  9. The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance. countable,uncountable
  10. The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit. countable,uncountable
  11. The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending. countable,uncountable
    — Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.
  12. Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it. countable,uncountable
  13. Clear or net profit. countable,uncountable
    — There can, I believe, be no doubt of this, that sugar can be made better and cheaper in large quantities than in small. But the clearance, sir; that is the question. How would this affect the clearance? The sugar manufacturer would want his profit.
  14. The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself. countable,uncountable
  15. The act of leaving the area of a stoppage. countable,uncountable

词形变化

clearances plural

词汇关系

衍生词
clearance hole clearance rate clearance sale clearance space clearance time customs clearance ground clearance immunoclearance L clearance nonclearance police clearance certificate preclearance Q clearance renal clearance security clearance seroclearance total clearance

词源

Etymology tree
English clear
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English clearance
From clear + -ance.
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