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单词 dipped
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dippedadj.

/dɪpt/
Forms: 1500s dipte, 1500s– dipped, 1700s–1800s dipt.
Etymology: < dip v. + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Immersed (briefly or partially) in a liquid: see the verb. (In quots. 1646, 1781, Baptized by immersion.)
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > [adjective]
ydept1340
dipped1548
soused1568
immersed1678
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 89v He..to whome I shall geue a dipte soppe.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 309 We read not that Christ gaue dipped bread to others, except that disciple only.
1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 30 Churches of rebaptized and dipped Saints.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 609 E'en the dipt and sprinkled live in peace.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xvii. 29 Flash'd the dipt oars.
1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxi. 2 All your comfort in such charity is..Christ's dipped sop.
b. Of candles: Made by dipping (see dip v. 3b).
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Candle Tallow Candles are of two Kinds; the one dipp'd, the other moulded.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Candle Making of dipp'd Candles.
1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. ii. 17 That which curled magnificently from the dipped candles on either side.
c. transferred. Extended or carried below a surface or level.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having downward direction > extending downwards > extending below surface
dipped1925
1925 J. Penderel-Brodhurst & E. J. Layton Gloss. Eng. Furnit. Dropped or dipped seat, the seat of a chair having a concave upper surface between the two side rails.
1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 10 A wonderfully flared skirt dipped at sides.
d. Of the beams of the headlights of a vehicle: lowered.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of headlamps > dipped or undipped
dipped1937
undipped1960
1937 Sunday Times 10 Jan. Even in London, I always drive with my headlamps in the dipped position, except in extremely well-lighted thoroughfares.
1963 Times 28 Feb. 4/5 Birmingham's campaign for dipped headlights has ‘sensationally’ cut night accidents and casualties in the city.
1969 Guardian 23 June 7/5 In town traffic, dipped beams produce appreciable glare.
2. figurative. Involved in debt; mortgaged (see dip v. 7b). (colloquial.)
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > encumbered or with dues undischarged
in mortgagea1393
entangled1561
mortgageda1627
dipped1676
encumbered1847
1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. i Some young Wit, or Spendthrift, that has a good dip'd Seat and Estate in Middlesex.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 214 Redeemers of dipt, mortgag'd, and bleeding Copy-holds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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