| 单词 | dip |
| 释义 | dip v. & n. --v (dipped, dipping) 1. tr. put or let down briefly into liquid etc.; immerse. 2. intr. a go below a surface or level (the sun dipped below the horizon). b (of a level of income, activity, etc.) decline slightly, esp. briefly (profits dipped in May). 3. intr. extend downwards; take or have a downward slope (the road dips after the bend). 4. intr. go under water and emerge quickly. 5. intr. (foll. by into) a read briefly from (a book etc.). b take a cursory interest in (a subject). 6. (foll. by into) a intr. put a hand, ladle, etc., into a container to take something out. b tr. put (a hand etc.) into a container to do this. c intr. spend from or make use of one's resources (dipped into our savings). 7. tr. & intr. lower or be lowered, esp. in salute. 8. tr. Brit. lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights) to reduce dazzle. 9. tr. colour (a fabric) by immersing it in dye. 10. tr. wash (sheep) by immersion in a vermin-killing liquid. 11. tr. make (a candle) by immersing a wick briefly in hot tallow. 12. tr. baptize by immersion. 13. tr. (often foll. by up, out of) remove or scoop up (liquid, grain, etc., or something from liquid). --n 1. an act of dipping or being dipped. 2. a liquid into which something is dipped. 3. a brief bathe in the sea, river, etc. 4. a brief downward slope, followed by an upward one, in a road etc. 5. a sauce or dressing into which food is dipped before eating. 6. a depression in the skyline. 7. Astron. & Surveying the apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth. 8. Physics the angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field. 9. Geol. the angle a stratum makes with the horizon. 10. sl. a pickpocket. 11. a quantity dipped up. 12. a candle made by dipping. Phrases and idioms dip-switch a switch for dipping a vehicle's headlight beams. Etymology: OE dyppan f. Gmc: rel. to DEEP |
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