单词 | tip |
释义 | tip I. 1. a. < the tip of his finger > < tip of the spear > < tracks … led over the tip of the hill — Robert Lund > < the very tip of the nose of the fuselage — H.G.Armstrong > < at the southern tip of the island — American Guide Series: Maine > < the yellow tip of the sun — V.G.Heiser > < the tips of their wings > b. obsolete 2. a. b. c. (1) (2) d. (1) (2) (3) e. (1) (2) 3. a. b. 4. 5. Australia 6. tips plural II. 1. a. < the natives tip their arrows with stone > < a summer settlement tips the slender headland — American Guide Series: Maine > b. (1) < black wrought iron legs handsomely tipped with brass — advt > < tipped with gold-leaf trim — Frederick Way > < scales tipped with yellowish green above the back — P.M.Roedel > (2) 2. < one volume … with 105 full-color reproductions from photographs tipped in — Yale Review > < when plates are tipped on, they should be freed from the text — Edith Diehl > 3. < tip raspberries > < the cow's horns were tipped to prevent injury in shipping > III. transitive verb 1. a. < the wind struck the car and nearly tipped it over — Ernest Hemingway > < the truck tipped its trailer onto the car > b. < the bowled kingpin tipped three other pins > 2. < tipped his head to one side — A.R.Wetjen > < neighborhood loafers tipped their chairs — S.T.Williamson > < were required to tip their hats to the chemists — W.H.Whyte > < would eventually tip the balance of power — Time > 3. chiefly dialect 4. Britain < a hole into which I had been tipping cinders — Francis King > < tipped it down gently off the spade onto the grass — Punch > intransitive verb 1. < a canoe will sometimes tip over quickly > 2. < the bench tips on the uneven floor > < tall buildings tip slightly in the wind > • - tip the scales IV. 1. archaic 2. < the tower has a slight tip to the south > 3. Britain a. b. 4. Britain V. < giving him a tip on the shoulder > VI. transitive verb 1. < the sword tipped his shoulder — Irish Digest > < a baseball catcher sometimes tips the batsman's bat illegally with his mitt > 2. < the batter tipped the ball foul > 3. < tips the ball to keep it rim high — Scholastic Coach > — often used with in < the forward tipped in another basket > intransitive verb < tipping to the front windows, she closed them — J.B.Benefield > VII. transitive verb 1. < be merry and tip us a song > < tipped the head clerk a signal — Mark Twain > 2. < the searchers, being tipt with half a crown, allowed us to proceed — Tobias Smollett > < tipped the servants liberally — W.F.DeMorgan > < tip them if they bring refreshments to your seat — Richard Joseph > intransitive verb < always tips generously > < how much to tip is a problem > • - tip one the wink VIII. < cost 15 cents plus a 10-cent tip > < the redcaps had begun … to press for their interests in the question of tips — Current Biography > < at the entrance girl artists do portrait sketches for a tip — American Guide Series: Florida > IX. 1. < take my tip and do not venture in there without a guide — Fred Streeter > < wanted to pick up the tips which experience had taught the pioneers — R.C.Snyder > < giving … useful tips on all sorts of ways of spending the Christmas holidays — N.Y.Times > 2. a. < brokers … versed in the art of getting tips and advance information of events likely to affect prices — Frederick Simpich †1950 > < tips and rumors … send shares from quotations of a few cents up to thousands and down again — American Guide Series: Nevada > b. < through her I got that tip on the horse race — Erle Stanley Gardner > < in one day you clean out half of what I had saved with your phoney tips — Ring > c. < personnel frequently offer tips or clues to news developments — Banking > < has been following obscure news tips and developing stories of wide significance — Current Biography > < even an hour's delay may mean the difference between tip and fact — Radio News > X. 1. a. < somebody was tipping their flights to the rebels — J.A.Phillips > < are you afraid I'll tip the plot — Maurice Zolotow > b. < has been tipped as council president > < practically nothing makes you look more foolish than tipping a loser — G.F.T.Ryall > < industrials are being tipped in the forecasts > 2. < his wife … was tipped three days in advance and returned — Newsweek > < both had already been tipped to … keep top-secret documents face down on the desk — J.P.O'Donnell > — often used with off < a friend tipped him off that pianos were having a phenomental sale — Green Peyton > < thousands … were tipped off in time to flee — T.H.Fielding > • - tip one's hand XI. < the opening tip consisted of all the roughnecks and loafers — G.A.Hamid > < for his horoscope pitch he often had his wife circulate among the tip — W.L.Gresham > |
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