| 单词 | tipple |
| 释义 | tipple tipple1 /tip"euhl/, v. , tippled, tippling, n. v.i. 1. to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess. v.t. 2. to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities. n. 3. intoxicating liquor. [1490-1500; back formation from ME tipeler tapster, equiv. to tipel- TAP2 (c. D tepel teat) + -er -ER1; cf. TIPSY] tipple2 /tip"euhl/, n. 1. a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents. 2. a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping. 3. Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks. [1875-80, Amer.; n. use of dial. tipple to tumble, freq. of TIP2; see -LE] |
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