tip是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side -- （使）倾斜；（使）倾覆

  • The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor. 桌子翻了，结果我们所有的饮料都掉在地上。

  • If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up. 如果你在书架的一头放的书太多，书架会翻掉的。

  • Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall. 不要那样向后仰椅子，你会翻倒的。

  • The baby tipped the scales at 3.75 kg. 婴儿称得体重为3.75公斤。

• 1 to pour a substance from one container into another or onto a surface -- 倒；倾倒

  • She tipped the contents of her purse out onto the table. 她把钱包里的东西倒在桌子上。

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

  • The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor. 孩子捡起盒子，把里面的玩具倒了一地。

  • We won't be able to go to the beach today - it's tipping it down. 我们今天无法去海滩了——雨下得很大。

• 2 to cover the end of something pointed with a liquid, a colour, etc. -- （用液体、颜色等）覆盖…的尖端

  • The giraffe was killed with a spear that had been tipped with poison. 长颈鹿被尖上涂有毒药的长矛杀死的。

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

  • The taxi driver was so rude to her that she didn't tip him. 出租车司机对她很无礼，所以她没有给他小费。

  • [ + two objects ] They tipped the waiter £5. 他们给了这个服务员5英镑的小费。

• 4 to say that someone is likely to be successful or achieve something -- 称…有可能成功

  • He is being tipped as the next prime minister. 据称，他有可能成为下一任首相。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Davis is being tipped to win the championship. 据称，戴维斯有可能夺得冠军。

• 5 to get rid of rubbish by putting it in a place where it should not be -- 乱倾倒（垃圾）

  • A lot of waste is being tipped into the sea. 大量的废弃物正在被倾入海中。

  • The sign by the side of the road said "No tipping". 路边的标牌上写着“不准倾倒垃圾”。

• 6 a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition -- 指点，指导；（关于比赛有望获胜者的）内幕消息

  • gardening/cooking/sewing tips 关于园艺／烹饪／缝纫的指导

  • She gave me a useful/helpful/valuable/practical tip about/for growing tomatoes. 她给了我种植西红柿的有用／有益／宝贵／实用的指点。

  • 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). 我能告诉你最新内幕消息。

• 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 -- 小费

  • a 15 percent tip 15% 的小费

  • He gave the porter a tip. 他给了搬运工小费。

  • We don't need to leave a tip for the waiter, because there's a service charge included in the bill. 我们不必给服务员留小费，因为账单里已经包括了服务费。

• 8 the usually pointed end of something, especially something that is long and thin -- （尤指细长物体的）末梢，末端，尖

  • We had asparagus tips for dinner. 我们晚饭吃了芦笋尖。

  • If I stand on the tips of my toes, I can just reach the top shelf. 如果踮起脚尖的话，我刚刚能够到书架的顶层。

  • The Keys are coral islands off the southern tip of Florida. 基思群岛是佛罗里达半岛南端以外的一群珊瑚岛。

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

  • a walking cane with a metal tip 包有金属头的手杖

  • the filter tip of a cigarette 香烟过滤嘴

• 9 a place where especially large pieces of rubbish can be taken and left -- 垃圾倾倒场

  • a rubbish/waste tip 垃圾／废弃物堆放场

  • We need to take this old carpet to the tip. 我们得把这条旧地毯扔到垃圾场去。

  • informal This room is a complete/absolute/real tip (= is very untidy) - tidy it up at once. 这个房间完全／绝对／简直是个垃圾场——马上清理干净。