单词 | blip |
释义 | blip /blip/, n. , v. , blipped, blipping. n. 1. Also called pip. Electronics. a. a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object. b. (loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen. 2. a brief upturn, as in revenue or income: The midwinter blip was no cause for optimism among store owners. 3. anything small, as in amount or number: a blip of light; Those opposed were merely a blip in the opinion polls. 4. bleep (def. 3). 5. Slang. a nickel; five cents. 6. Motion Pictures. a mark of synchronization on a sound track. 7. a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity: There were blips in the TV film where the commercials had been edited out. v.i. 8. Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements: The stock market has blipped one point higher this week. v.t. 9. bleep (def. 5). [1890-95, for an earlier sense; sound symbolism, with p for brevity and abrupt end of the impulse; bl- perh. from BLINK] |
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