1 N-COUNT 末梢;尖端;顶端 The
tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
末梢;尖端;顶端 -
The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers. [+ of]
袖子遮住了他的手,一直盖到指尖。
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She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick. [+ of]
她用手杖尖翻拨挪动东西。
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Hurricane Andrew has passed over the southern tip of Florida.
飓风“安德鲁”已越过佛罗里达州南端。
2 V-ERG (使)倾斜;(使)斜侧 If you
tip an object or part of your body or if it
tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
(使)倾斜;(使)斜侧 -
He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他倾着身子避开她,她不得不把头向后歪着看他。
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A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip. [VERB]
一个小男孩正站在凳子上,伸手够一个曲奇罐子,凳子眼看就要歪了。
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The north pole is slightly tipped towards the sun. [VERB-ed]
北极略微向太阳倾斜。
3 VERB 倾倒;倒出 If you
tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
倾倒;倒出 -
Tip the vegetables into a bowl. [VERB noun prep.]
把蔬菜倒进碗里。
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She took out the plate, stared blankly at the dried-up food on it, and tipped it into the bin… [VERB noun prep.]
她拿出盘子,茫然地望着上面已经干掉的食物,然后把它倒进了垃圾桶。
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Tip away the salt and wipe the pan. [VERB noun with adv.]
把盐倒掉,把锅擦净。
4 VERB 扔掉,倒掉(垃圾) To
tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere.
扔掉,倒掉(垃圾) [British] -
...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills. [VERB noun]
在废弃物填埋场倾倒垃圾的成本
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How do you stop people tipping?. [VERB]
你怎样阻止人们乱倒垃圾呢?
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We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere. [VERB-ed]
我们住在离索霍路不远的一条街上,那里到处都是乱倒的垃圾。
in AM, use 美国英语用 dump
5 N-COUNT 垃圾场 A
tip is a place where rubbish is left.
垃圾场 [British] SYN dump,
midden,
rubbish heap,
refuse heap in AM, use 美国英语用 garbage dump
6 N-COUNT 脏乱的场所 If you describe a place as
a tip, you mean it is very untidy.
脏乱的场所 [British, informal] 7 VERB 给…小费 If you
tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
给…小费 [Also VERB] -
Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?. [VERB noun]
你真的认为给侍者小费是约定俗成的吗?
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She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round. [V n amount]
她给了吧台服务员 10 美元小费,还请在场的所有人喝了酒。
8 N-COUNT 小费 If you give a
tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
小费 [Also VERB] 9 N-COUNT 诀窍;忠告;指导 A
tip is a useful piece of advice.
诀窍;忠告;指导 [Also + for] -
It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs. [+ on]
它说明了如何准备简历,并就如何申请职位提了些建议。
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…tips for busy managers…
给繁忙的经理们的忠告
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A good tip is to buy the most expensive lens you can afford.
建议购买能负担得起的最贵的镜头。
10 VERB [usually passive] 认定…会(做某事或获得成功) If a person
is tipped to do something or
is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success.
认定…会(做某事或获得成功) [British] 11 N-COUNT (对赛马、比赛结果的)预测,内幕消息 Someone's
tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
(对赛马、比赛结果的)预测,内幕消息 12 PHRASE (事物的)端倪,表面一小部分,冰山一角 If you say that a problem is
the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
(事物的)端倪,表面一小部分,冰山一角 -
Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
除非我们都加倍小心,否则死者的人数会比现在多得多。
13 PHRASE 使占优势 If something
tips the scales or
tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
使占优势 -
Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour.
今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。
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If the trial were evenly poised the newspapers might tip the balance against them.
如果选拔赛双方打平,报界可能会使形势朝着不利于他们的方向倾斜。
14 PHRASE 话到嘴边(却没说出来) If a comment or question is
on the tip of your
tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
话到嘴边(却没说出来) Word Partnership | Use tip with: |
N. | tip of your finger/nose 1 tip your hat 2 |
ADJ. | northern/southern tip of an island 1 anonymous tip 9 |
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