dip
- IPA[dɪp]
英式
- put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid)；immerse (sheep) in a chemical solution that kills parasites.
- a brief swim；a brief immersion in liquid.
verb: dip, 3rd person present: dips, gerund or present participle: dipping, past tense: dipped, past participle: dipped
noun: dip, plural noun: dips
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動詞
- 1. put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid) he dipped a brush in the paint 同義詞
- ▪ immerse (sheep) in a chemical solution that kills parasites.
- ▪ make (a candle) by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax.
- ▪ informal, dated baptize (someone) by immersion in water.
- 2. put a hand or implement into (a bag or container) in order to take something out Ian dipped into his briefcase and pulled out a photograph
- ▪ spend from or make use of (one's financial resources) you won't have to dip into your savings
- ▪ read only parts of (a publication or document) a reference work to dip into time and time again
- 3. sink, drop, or slope downwards the sun had dipped below the horizon the road dipped down to the bridge 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a level or amount) become lower or smaller, typically temporarily her popularity has dipped in recent years audiences dipped below 600,000 for the match 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ lower or move (something) downwards the plane dipped its wings 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ British lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights). 同義詞 反義詞
- 4. Australian, New Zealand informal miss an opportunity; fail.
- 5. informal, dated pick (someone's pocket).
名詞
- 1. a brief swim they cooled off by taking a dip in the pool 同義詞
- ▪ a brief immersion in liquid. 同義詞
- ▪ short for sheep dip
- 2. a thick sauce in which pieces of food are dipped before eating tasty garlic dip 同義詞
- 3. a brief downward slope followed by an upward one the big hedge at the bottom of the dip 同義詞
- ▪ an act of sinking or dropping briefly before rising again a dip in the share price 同義詞 反義詞
- 4. technical the extent to which something is angled downward from the horizontal.
- ▪ the angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field, or by a magnetic needle in response to this.
- ▪ the angle a stratum makes with the horizontal the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds
- ▪ the apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth.
- 5. US informal powdered or finely cut tobacco that is held in the mouth, typically between the gums and lip, rather than smoked he threw out all of his cans of dip and swore off tobacco
- 6. North American informal a stupid or foolish person.
- 7. informal, dated a pickpocket.
- 8. archaic a candle made by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax.
- diploma.
Oxford Dictionary
- diploma.
Oxford American Dictionary
- denoting or relating to a recession during which a period of economic decline is followed by a ... a double-dip recession a higher likelihood of a more severe and prolonged double-dip scenario
- a double-dip recession: this strategy should help mitigate the risk of the economy falling into a double-dip
- obtain an income from two different sources, typically in an illicit way: they compared notes and discovered that he was double-dipping
Oxford American Dictionary
- denoting or relating to a recession during which a period of economic decline is followed by a ... a double-dip recession a higher likelihood of a more severe and prolonged double-dip scenario
- a double-dip recession: this strategy should help mitigate the risk of the economy falling into a double-dip
- obtain an income from two different sources, typically in an illicit way: they compared notes and discovered that he was double-dipping
Oxford Dictionary
- swim naked: we spotted the local teenagers skinny-dipping
- a naked swim.
Oxford Dictionary
- a liquid preparation used to rid sheep of external parasites.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[dip]
美式
- put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid): he dipped a brush in the paint
- a brief swim: she went for a dip in a pool
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[ˌdēˌīˈpē]
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- document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as ...
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- document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as ...
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