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单词 tip-
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tip-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: tip v.2; tip n.5
Etymology: Partly < tip v.2, and partly < tip n.5
1. the stem of tip v.2 (or tip n.5), in combination: esp. in names of vehicles constructed to tip or tilt (endwise or sideways) for the purpose of emptying out the contents at the end or side of the track.
tip-car n.
Brit. /ˈtɪpkɑː/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌkɑr/
ΚΠ
1891 Cent. Dict. Tip-car,..a gravel-car or coal-car pivoted on its truck, so that it can be upset to discharge its load at the side of the track; a dump-car.
tip-cart n.
Brit. /ˈtɪpkɑːt/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌkɑrt/
ΚΠ
1879 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Tip-cart.
a1882 J. P. Quincy Figures of Past (1884) 180 Springless tip-carts, very like those used..for the carting of gravel.
1888 H. E. Scudder in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 226/2 The idle muses are set at work. Pegasus is harnessed to a tip-cart.
tip-sled n.
Brit. /ˈtɪpslɛd/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌslɛd/
ΚΠ
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tip-sled, a dumping-sled. The box is supported on trunnions and on a front post, to which it is connected by a hook.
tip-truck n.
Brit. /ˈtɪptrʌk/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌtrək/
ΚΠ
1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 9/1 3 engines and 6 boilers, tip trucks.
tip-van n.
Brit. /ˈtɪpvan/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌvæn/
ΚΠ
1901 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 4/5 Tip vans for the vestry.
tip-wagon n.
Brit. /ˈtɪpwaɡ(ə)n/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌwæɡ(ə)n/
ΚΠ
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 61 The best way is thought to be by tram-roads and tip-waggons.
1878 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 3 502 100 tip-waggons at 18 l. each.
2. See also tipcat n., etc.
tip-head n.
Brit. /ˈtɪphɛd/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌhɛd/
the top of the slope over which material or rubbish is tipped.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > highest point or top > of a slope > over which material is tipped
tip-head1842
1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 85/2 The sub-contractor..had to..take up and relay the road at the gullet and tip-head.
1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 336/1 The limitation of the quantity of earth-work capable of being executed in one day, occurs at the battery or tiphead.
tip-horse n.
Brit. /ˈtɪphɔːs/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌhɔrs/
the horse which runs out the wagons to the tip-head.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions
coal horse1384
beer-horse1560
malt-horse1561
malt mare1594
higgler1707
stead-horse1708
pit pony1876
tip-horse1912
1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 207 The old horse-car..climbing hills with the aid of a tip-horse and a boy perched on the back thereof.
tip-road n.
Brit. /ˈtɪprəʊd/
,
U.S. /ˈtɪpˌroʊd/
a road along which tip-cars or -wagons run to a tip-head.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tip wagons
tip-road1852
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 65 The rapidity with which a bank could be built..would be limited by the number of tip-roads.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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