tip的中文意

• 0 to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side

  • The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor. 桌子翻了，結果我們的所有飲料都掉在地上。

  • If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up. 如果你在書架的一頭放太多書，書架就會翻掉。

  • Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall. 不要那樣向後仰椅子，你會翻倒的。

  • The baby tipped the scales at 3.75 kg. 嬰兒稱得體重為3.75公斤。

• 1 to pour a substance from one container into another or onto a surface

  • She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table. 她把錢包裡的東西倒在桌子上。

  • He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl. 他把早餐麥片倒入碗中。

  • The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor. 孩子撿起盒子，把裡面的玩具倒了一地。

  • We won't be able to go to the beach today - it's tipping it down. 我們今天無法去海灘了——雨下得很大。

• 2 to cover the end of something pointed with a liquid, a colour, etc.

  • The giraffe was killed with a spear that had been tipped with poison. 長頸鹿是被尖上塗有毒藥的長矛殺死。

• 3 to give someone who has provided you with a service an extra amount of money to thank them

  • The taxi driver was so rude to her that she didn't tip him. 計程車司機對她很無禮，所以她沒有給他小費。

  • [ + two objects ] They tipped the waiter £5. 他們給了這個服務員五英鎊小費。

• 4 to say that someone is likely to be successful or achieve something

  • He is being tipped as the next prime minister. 據稱，他有可能成為下一任首相。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Davis is being tipped to win the championship. 據稱，戴維斯有可能奪得冠軍。

• 5 to get rid of rubbish by putting it in a place where it should not be

  • A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea. 大量廢棄物正被傾入海中。

  • The sign by the side of the road said "No tipping". 路邊的標牌上寫著「不准傾倒垃圾」。

• 6 a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition

  • gardening/cooking/sewing tips 關於園藝／烹飪／縫紉的指導

  • She gave me a useful/helpful/valuable/practical tip about/for growing tomatoes. 她給了我種植番茄的有用／有益／寶貴／實用的指點。

  • I've got a hot tip for you (= I can tell you about a particular likely winner of a race or competition, or give you a valuable piece of information). 我能告訴你最新內幕消息。

• 7 a small amount of money given to someone who has provided you with a service, in addition to the official payment and for their personal use

  • a 15 percent tip 15% 的小費

  • He gave the porter a tip. 他給搬運工人小費。

  • We don't need to leave a tip for the waiter, because there's a service charge included in the bill. 我們不必給服務員留小費，因為帳單已經包括了服務費。

• 8 the usually pointed end of something, especially something that is long and thin

  • We had asparagus tips for dinner. 我們晚飯吃了蘆筍尖。

  • If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf. 如果踮起腳尖的話，我剛好能碰到書架頂層。

  • The Keys are coral islands off the southern tip of Florida. 基斯群島是佛羅裡達半島南端以外的一群珊瑚島。

  • There's paint on the tip of your nose. 你的鼻尖上有油漆。

  • a walking cane with a metal tip 包有金屬頭的手杖

  • the filter tip of a cigarette 香煙過濾嘴

• 9 a place where especially large pieces of rubbish can be taken and left

  • a rubbish/waste tip 垃圾／廢棄物堆放場

  • We need to take this old carpet to the tip. 我們得把這條舊地毯扔到垃圾場去。

  • informal This room is a complete/absolute/real tip (= is very untidy) - tidy it up at once. 這個房間完全／絕對／簡直是個垃圾場——馬上清理乾淨。