dip

verb

1. 蘸；浸
   to put sth quickly into a liquid and take it out again
   1. He dipped the brush into the paint.
      他拿画笔蘸了蘸颜料。
   2. Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.
      把手伸进去看看水有多热。
   3. The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.
      这水果蘸过巧克力酱。
2. （使）下降，下沉
   to go downwards or to a lower level; to make sth do this
   1. The sun dipped below the horizon.
      太阳落到地平线下了。
   2. Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
      本季度销售额从3 870万下降到3 300万。
   3. The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.
      我们快到城里时道路陡然下斜。
   4. The plane dipped its wings.
      机翼向下倾斜。
3. 把（汽车前灯的）远光调为近光
   if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyes
4. 给（牲畜，尤指绵羊）洗药浴
   when farmers dip animals, especially sheep, they put them in a bath of a liquid containing chemicals in order to kill insects, etc.

noun

1. 游一游；泡一泡
   a quick swim
   1. Let's go for a dip before breakfast.
      我们早饭前去游一会儿泳吧。
2. （通常指暂时的）减少，下降，衰退
   a decrease in the amount or success of sth, usually for only a short period
   1. a sharp dip in profits
      利润急剧下降
3. 凹陷处；低洼处
   a place where a surface suddenly drops to a lower level and then rises again
   1. a dip in the road
      路上的凹陷处
   2. Puddles had formed in the dips.
      低洼处形成了一个个水坑。
4. 调味酱（用食物来蘸着吃）
   a thick mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten
5. 药浴液，清洗液（用于绵羊或其他牲畜洗浴以杀死身上的虫子）
   a liquid containing a chemical into which sheep and other animals can be dipped in order to kill insects on them
6. 浏览；草草翻阅
   a quick look at sth
   1. A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view.
      随便翻阅一下历史就足以证实这种观点。
7. （降而复升的）一动
   a quick movement of sth down and up
   1. He gave a dip of his head.
      他点了点头。

1. VERB 浸;蘸
   If you dip something in a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again.
   1. They dip the food into the sauce...
      他们把食物放到调味汁里蘸了蘸。
   2. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
      把底部在冷水中快速地浸一下后拿出来。
   3. Dip is also a noun.
      
   4. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
      往瓶子里蘸一下的量就应该能涂满整个指甲。
2. VERB 把(手)伸入
   If you dip your hand into a container or dip into the container, you put your hand into it in order to take something out of it.
   1. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out...
      她把手伸进糖果罐，摸出了一颗糖。
   2. Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot...
      把手伸进锅里时当心你的手指头。
   3. Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.
      让孩子们伸手进去摸摸，猜猜每个容器里面是什么。
3. VERB (通常指迅速地)下降，下落，下沉
   If something dips, it makes a downward movement, usually quite quickly.
   1. Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight...
      布莱克很熟练地跳上了船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉。
   2. The sun dipped below the horizon.
      太阳落到了地平线下。
   3. Dip is also a noun.
      
   4. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
      我注意到了一些细节：头的往下一沉，肩膀的突然颤动。
4. VERB 陡然下降;凹下去;突然下倾
   If an area of land, a road, or a path dips, it goes down quite suddenly to a lower level.
   1. The road dipped and rose again.
      道路陡然沉下去又升上来。
   2. ...a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel.
      突然下降进入一条隧道的小路
   3. Dip is also a noun.
      
   4. Where the road makes a dip, turn right.
      在下坡处，向右转。
5. VERB 给(羊等家畜)洗药浴
   When farmers dip sheep or other farm animals, they put them into a container of liquid with chemicals in it, in order to kill harmful insects which live on the animals' bodies.
   1. Their father was helping to dip the sheep.
      他们的父亲在帮忙给羊群洗药浴。
6. N-UNCOUNT 药浴液;浸液
   Dip is a liquid with chemicals in it which animals or objects can be dipped in to disinfect or clean them.
   1. ...sheep dip.
      羊群用的药浴液
7. VERB (数量或水平，通常短暂地)下降，下跌，减少
   If the amount or level of something dips, it becomes smaller or lower, usually only for a short period of time.
   1. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month...
      上个月失业率降到了 6.9%。
   2. The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.
      由于支持率有所下降，总统变得更加谨慎了。
   3. Dip is also a noun.
      
   4. ...the current dip in farm spending.
      目前农场开支的减少
8. N-VAR 蘸酱;(蘸蔬菜或饼干吃的)调味酱，果酱
   A dip is a thick creamy sauce. You dip pieces of raw vegetable or biscuits into the sauce and then eat them.
   1. Maybe we could just buy some dips.
      或许我们可以只买一点儿蘸酱。
   2. ...prawns with avocado dip.
      配鳄梨酱的对虾
9. N-COUNT (短时的)游泳，泡水
   If you have or take a dip, you go for a quick swim in the sea, a river, or a swimming pool.
   1. She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool.
      用在泳池里游一阵后歇一阵的几个空当，她翻完了一本平装本言情小说。
10. VERB 将(汽车前灯)调为近光
    If you are driving a car and dip the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.
    1. He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van...
       当他们靠近一辆缓慢行驶的货车时，他把汽车前灯调成了近光。
    2. This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.
       这幅图片显示的是从一辆使用正常近光灯的汽车上所看到的景色。

in AM, use 美国英语用 dim


11. VERB 浏览;翻看
    If you dip into a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
    1. ...a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Buddhism.
       博览佛教群书的机会
12. VERB 动用(款项等)
    If you dip into a sum of money that you had intended to save, you use some of it to buy something or pay for something.
    1. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
       正当她准备动用自己的存款时，格雷格赶来给她救了急。
13. See also: lucky dip

1. The dip in prices this summer will be brutal
   今年夏天价格的大幅下跌将会很残酷。
2. They dip the food into the sauce
   他们把食物放到调味汁里蘸了蘸。
3. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
   把底部在冷水中快速地浸一下后拿出来。
4. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out
   她把手伸进糖果罐，摸出了一颗糖。
5. Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot
   把手伸进锅里时当心你的手指头。
6. Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.
   让孩子们伸手进去摸摸，猜猜每个容器里面是什么。
7. Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight
   布莱克很熟练地跳上了船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉。
8. The road dipped and rose again.
   道路陡然沉下去又升上来。
9. Their father was helping to dip the sheep.
   他们的父亲在帮忙给羊群洗药浴。
10. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month
    上个月失业率降到了6.9%。
11. The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.
    由于支持率有所下降，总统变得更加谨慎了。
12. Maybe we could just buy some dips.
    或许我们可以只买一点儿蘸酱。
13. She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool.
    用在泳池里游一阵后歇一阵的几个空当，她翻完了一本平装本言情小说。
14. He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van
    当他们靠近一辆缓慢行驶的货车时，他把汽车前灯调成了近光。
15. This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.
    这幅图片显示的是从一辆使用正常近光灯的汽车上所看到的景色。
16. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
    正当她准备动用自己的存款时，格雷格赶来给她救了急。
17. Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter
    用切肉叉叉一片鱼肉，在面糊里蘸一下。
18. Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
    将面包在水里快速蘸一下，然后将它挤干。
19. This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets
    这可能会促使黄金交易商谨慎地尝试重返市场。
20. Put the presents in the middle of the room so that everyone can dip in.
    把礼物放在屋子中间，这样每个人都能分享到。
21. The company had to dip into a reserve fund to pay for all the new equipment.
    公司不得不动用储备金来支付全部新设备的费用。
22. People take a dip in a black mud pool at a tourist resort to escape the summer heat in Daying County of suining, sichuan province, china.
    四川遂宁大英县，一处度假胜地，人们把黑色的泥巴抹在身上，用来防暑降温。
23. The children were invited to dip their hands into the barrel for a present.
    孩子们被邀请把手伸进木桶里取礼物。
24. The sun seems to dip into the sea each evening.
    每晚太阳都好像沉到海里去似的。
25. One's proper interest does not allow other people dip their fingers in.
    正当利益岂容他人染指。
26. I'll allow the children to dip their bread into the soup.
    我让孩子们把面包浸在汤里吃。
27. I like to dip and daddle with my robot friend.
    我喜欢和我的机器人朋友泡在一起。
28. I'll dip into my savings this time.
    这次我要动用储蓄了。
29. At last, the current applications and develop foreground of hot dip aluminizing technique are introduced.
    最后介绍了热浸镀技术的应用及发展前景。
30. When served with soup, dip the spoon and move it outwards, meaning from your body.
    当服务与汤，浸了勺子和它移到向外，意思是从你的身体。

dip into sth

1. 把手伸进（…里取东西）
   to put your hand into a container to take sth out
   1. He dipped the brush into the paint.
      他拿画笔蘸了蘸颜料。
   2. Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.
      把手伸进去看看水有多热。
   3. The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.
      这水果蘸过巧克力酱。
2. 浏览；略为过目；涉猎
   to read or watch only parts of sth
   1. The sun dipped below the horizon.
      太阳落到地平线下了。
   2. Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
      本季度销售额从3 870万下降到3 300万。
   3. The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.
      我们快到城里时道路陡然下斜。
   4. The plane dipped its wings.
      机翼向下倾斜。
3. 提取（款项）；动用（存款）
   to take an amount from money that you have saved

v.

dip into your pocket

• 花钱；掏腰包
  to spend some of your own money on sth

dip a toe in/into sth

dip a toe in/into the water

• 涉足试试；试做
  to start doing sth very carefully to see if it will be successful or not

noun

1. a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

2. a brief swim in water

   Synonym:    plunge

3. a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

4. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
   1. a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
   2. there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
   3. a dip in prices
   4. when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall

   Synonym:    dropfallfree fall

5. a brief immersion

6. tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

7. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

   Synonym:    pickpocketcutpurse

8. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

   Synonym:    angle of dipmagnetic dipmagnetic inclinationinclination

9. a depression in an otherwise level surface
   1. there was a dip in the road

verb

1. stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

2. go down momentarily
   1. Prices dipped

3. dip into a liquid while eating
   1. She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce

   Synonym:    dunk

4. scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
   1. dip water out of a container

5. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
   1. dip the garment into the cleaning solution
   2. dip the brush into the paint

   Synonym:    dunksouseplungedouse

6. plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
   1. He dipped into his pocket

7. immerse in a disinfectant solution
   1. dip the sheep

8. place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

9. dip into a liquid
   1. He dipped into the pool

   Synonym:    douseduck

10. slope downwards
    1. Our property dips towards the river

11. appear to move downward
    1. The sun dipped below the horizon
    2. The setting sun sank below the tree line

    Synonym:    sink

12. lower briefly
    1. She dipped her knee

13. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

    Synonym:    dim

14. take a small amount from
    1. I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present