| 单词 | dip |
| 释义 | dip (once / 296 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4n When you dip something, you plunge it quickly into a liquid or soft substance. You might dip your toe into a swimming pool to check the water temperature. When you finger paint, you dip a fingertip into a puddle of paint, and when you eat a snack you might dip tortilla chips into salsa. You can also say that a boat bobbing on the ocean dips, or that a bird dropping lower in the sky dips down. A dip can be a quick swim, a delicious sauce meant for dunking other foods in, or a downward slope. The Old English root, dyppan, means "immerse" or "baptize." WORD FAMILYdip: dipped, dipper, dipping, dips USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe they were whispering about Mahrez’s dip in form this season. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) No more playing this season, one that dipped and rolled and rose, only to end with a most resounding thud. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Lobster Dip at Old Orchard Beach is the biggest of Maine’s polar plunges. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate dip the garment into the cleaning solution dip the brush into the paint Syn|Hypo|Hyper douse, dunk, plunge, souse sop dip into liquid douse, duckdip into a liquid dabbledip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid immerse, plunge thrust or throw into 2v dip into a liquid He dipped into the pool Syn|Hyper douse, duck douse, dunk, plunge, souse immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate 3v dip into a liquid while eating Syn|Hyper dunk eat take in solid food 4v immerse in a disinfectant solution dip the sheep Hyper immerse, plunge thrust or throw into 5v stain an object by immersing it in a liquid Hyper stain color with a liquid dye or tint 6v place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax Hyper create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch 7n a brief immersion Hyper immersion, submergence, submerging, submersion sinking until covered completely with water 8n a brief swim in water Syn|Hyper plunge swim, swimming the act of swimming 9n tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped Hypo|Hyper bean dip a dip made of cooked beans cheese dipa dip made of cheeses clam dipa dip made of clams and soft cream cheese guacamolea dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings condiment a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment 10n a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow 2Hyper candle, taper, wax light stick of wax with a wick in the middle 1v appear to move downward The sun dipped below the horizon Syn|Hypo|Hyper sink subside sink to a lower level or form a depression decline go down 2v go down momentarily Prices dipped Hyper decline, go down, wane grow smaller 3v plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container He dipped into his pocket Hyper immerse, plunge thrust or throw into 4v scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface dip water out of a container Hyper lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up take out or up with or as if with a scoop 5v lower briefly She dipped her knee Hyper bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down move something or somebody to a lower position 6v switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam Syn|Hyper dim change intensity increase or decrease in intensity 7v slope downwards Our property dips towards the river Hyper incline, pitch, slope be at an angle 8n a depression in an otherwise level surface there was a dip in the road Hyper depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing 9n a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity a dip in prices Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop, fall, free fall correction a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases voltage dropa decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing decrease, decrement the amount by which something decreases 10n a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms Hyper gymnastic exercise (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus) 11n a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places 3Syn|Hyper cutpurse, pickpocket stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it v take a small amount from 4I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present Hyper draw, draw off, take out, withdraw remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) n (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon Syn|Hyper angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination angle the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians |
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