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单词 dip into
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dip into vb (intr, preposition)
  1. to draw (upon): he dipped into his savings
  2. to read (passages) at random or cursorily in (a book, newspaper, etc)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dip1 /dɪp/USA pronunciation   v., dipped, dip•ping, n. 
v. 
  1. to plunge quickly into a liquid, so as to moisten, dye, or take up some of the liquid:[+ object]She dipped the blouse into the hot water.
  2. to take up, such as by using a bucket or scoop:[+ object]to dip water out of a boat.
  3. Animal Husbandry to put (animals) in a solution containing pesticide:[+ object]to dip the sheep.
  4. to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax:[+ object]At the craft fair the children were shown how to dip candles.
  5. dip into, [+ into + object]
    • to reach down into so as to remove something:They dipped into the pot and pulled out some lobsters.
    • to withdraw or remove something in small amounts:to dip into one's savings.
    • to become interested slightly in a subject, as by reading here and there:to dip into astronomy.
  6. to lower and then raise:[+ object]to dip a flag in salute.
  7. to sink;
    go downward:[no object]The sun dipped below the horizon.
  8. to decrease slightly or temporarily:[no object]Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.

n. 
  1. [countable] the act of dipping.
  2. something taken up by dipping, such as a scoop of ice cream:[countable]two dips of ice cream.
  3. Dialect Termsa substance into which something is dipped, served as an appetizer: [uncountable]two bowls of onion dip near the crackers.[countable]a dip made of yogurt.
  4. Pest Control a solution containing pesticide for use in dipping animals:[uncountable]sheep dip.
  5. a moderate or temporary decrease, such as in money, prices, etc.:[countable]a dip in prices on Wall Street today.
  6. a downward slope, road, course, or movement:[countable]a dip in the road.
  7. a brief swim:[countable]a quick dip before lunch.

dip3 /dɪp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable][Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsa naive, foolish, or obnoxious person.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dip1  (dip),USA pronunciation v., dipped or (Archaic) dipt;
dip•ping;
 n. 

v.t. 
  1. to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid:He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
  2. to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action:to dip water out of a boat; to dip ice cream from a container.
  3. to lower and raise:to dip a flag in salutation.
  4. Animal Husbandryto immerse (a sheep, hog, etc.) in a solution to destroy germs, parasites, or the like.
  5. to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax.
  6. Nautical, Naval Termsto lower and rehoist (a yard of a lugsail) when coming about in tacking.
  7. [Archaic.]to baptize by immersion.
  8. [Obs.]to moisten or wet as if by immersion.

v.i. 
  1. to plunge into water or other liquid and emerge quickly:The boat dipped into the waves.
  2. to put the hand, a dipper, etc., down into a liquid or a container, esp. in order to remove something (often fol. by in or into):He dipped into the jar for an olive.
  3. to withdraw something, esp. in small amounts (usually fol. by in or into):to dip into savings.
  4. to sink or drop down:The sun dipped below the horizon.
  5. to incline or slope downward:At that point the road dips into a valley.
  6. to decrease slightly or temporarily:Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.
  7. to engage slightly in a subject (often fol. by in or into):to dip into astronomy.
  8. to read here and there in a book, subject, or author's work (often fol. by in or into):to dip into Plato.
  9. Dialect Terms[South Midland and Southern U.S.]to take snuff.

n. 
  1. the act of dipping.
  2. that which is taken up by dipping.
  3. a quantity taken up by dipping;
    the amount that a scoop, ladle, dipper, etc., will hold.
  4. Fooda scoop of ice cream.
  5. Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northern U.S.]a liquid or soft substance into which something is dipped.
  6. Fooda creamy mixture of savory foods for scooping with potato chips, crackers, and the like, often served as an hors d'oeuvre, esp. with cocktails.
  7. a momentary lowering;
    a sinking down.
  8. a moderate or temporary decrease:a dip in stock-market prices.
  9. a downward extension, inclination, slope, or course.
  10. the amount of such extension.
  11. a hollow or depression in the land.
  12. a brief swim:She took a dip in the ocean and then sat on the beach for an hour.
  13. Mining[Geol., Mining.]the downward inclination of a vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal.
  14. Surveyingthe angular amount by which the horizon lies below the level of the eye.
  15. ElectricityAlso called angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination. the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
  16. a short, downward plunge, as of an airplane.
  17. a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick into melted tallow or wax.
  18. Sport[Gymnastics.]an exercise on the parallel bars in which the elbows are bent until the chin is on a level with the bars, and then the body is elevated by straightening the arms.
  19. Slang Termsa pickpocket.
  20. Nautical, Naval Terms at the dip, not fully raised;
    halfway up the halyard:an answering pennant flown at the dip.Cf. close (def. 65b).
  • bef. 1000; Middle English dippen (verb, verbal), Old English dyppan; akin to German taufen to baptize, and to deep
dippa•ble, adj., n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged duck. Dip, immerse, plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again:to dip a finger into water to test the temperature.Immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it:to immerse meat in salt water.Plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping:to plunge a chicken into boiling water before stripping off the feathers.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scoop.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dive.

dip2  (dip),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsdipsomaniac.
  • by shortening

dip3  (dip),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termsa naive, foolish, or obnoxious person.
  • probably back formation from dippy

DIP  (dip),USA pronunciation n. [Computers.]
  1. Computinga packaged chip that connects to a circuit board by means of pins.
  • d(ual) i(n-line) p(ackage)

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