- N-COUNT 末梢;尖端;顶端
The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
- The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
袖子遮住了他的手,一直盖到指尖。 - She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
她用手杖尖翻拨挪动东西。 - Hurricane Andrew has passed over the southern tip of Florida.
飓风“安德鲁”已越过佛罗里达州南端。
- V-ERG (使)倾斜;(使)斜侧
If you tip an object or part of your body or if it tips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
- He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him...
他倾着身子避开她,她不得不把头向后歪着看他。 - A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip...
一个小男孩正站在凳子上,伸手够一个曲奇罐子,凳子眼看就要歪了。 - The north pole is slightly tipped towards the sun.
北极略微向太阳倾斜。
- VERB 倾倒;倒出
If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
- Tip the vegetables into a bowl...
把蔬菜倒进碗里。 - She took out the plate, stared blankly at the dried-up food on it, and tipped it into the bin…
她拿出盘子,茫然地望着上面已经干掉的食物,然后把它倒进了垃圾桶。 - Tip away the salt and wipe the pan.
把盐倒掉,把锅擦净。
- VERB 扔掉,倒掉(垃圾)
To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere.
- ...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills...
在废弃物填埋场倾倒垃圾的成本 - How do you stop people tipping?...
你怎样阻止人们乱倒垃圾呢? - We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere.
我们住在离索霍路不远的一条街上,那里到处都是乱倒的垃圾。
in AM, use 美国英语用 dump
- N-COUNT 垃圾场
A tip is a place where rubbish is left.
- Officers had found a large bread knife on the rubbish tip…
警察在垃圾场发现了一把很大的面包刀。 - I took a load of rubbish and grass cuttings to the tip.
我把一堆垃圾与修剪下的碎草运到了垃圾场。
in AM, use 美国英语用 garbage dump
- N-COUNT 脏乱的场所
If you describe a place as a tip, you mean it is very untidy.
- The flat is an absolute tip.
这套公寓简直就是个垃圾场。
- VERB 给…小费
If you tip someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
- Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?...
你真的认为给侍者小费是约定俗成的吗? - She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round.
她给了吧台服务员 10 美元小费,还请在场的所有人喝了酒。
- N-COUNT 小费
If you give a tip to someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
- I gave the barber a tip...
我给了理发师小费。 - The Head Porter was keeping all the tips.
行李员领班扣留了所有人的小费。
- N-COUNT 诀窍;忠告;指导
A tip is a useful piece of advice.
- It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
它说明了如何准备简历,并就如何申请职位提了些建议。 - …tips for busy managers…
给繁忙的经理们的忠告 - A good tip is to buy the most expensive lens you can afford.
建议购买能负担得起的最贵的镜头。
- VERB 认定…会(做某事或获得成功)
If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success.
- He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister...
他被认定会成为该国下一任外交部长。 - He was widely tipped for success.
大家都认定他会成功。
- N-COUNT (对赛马、比赛结果的)预测,内幕消息
Someone's tip for a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
- I've a tip for the races…
我有一条关于赛马比赛的内部消息。 - United are still my tip for the Title.
我仍然认定联队会夺冠。
- PHRASE (事物的)端倪,表面一小部分,冰山一角
If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
- Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
除非我们都加倍小心,否则死者的人数会比现在多得多。
- PHRASE 使占优势
If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
- Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour...
今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。 - If the trial were evenly poised the newspapers might tip the balance against them.
如果选拔赛双方打平,报界可能会使形势朝着不利于他们的方向倾斜。
- PHRASE 话到嘴边(却没说出来)
If a comment or question is on the tip of your tongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
- It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out...
马奥尼想说老板出去了,话到嘴边却没说出口。 - A sarcastic remark was on the tip of her tongue.
挖苦的话到了她嘴边却没说出来。