clipper ship造句 1 But the days of clipper ships were numbered. 2 Where once an American clipper ship took months to cross from China to the United States. 3 The clipper ship era ended with the advent of steamships, but their memory lives on in the name of one of Los Angeles' two NBA teams. 4 The big ocean-going booms with their kite sails were becoming as rare as square-rigged schooners or clipper ships. 5 What whisky bears the name of a famous 1870 s clipper ship?