tip
[NOUN, VERB]
tips
1. [C 可数名词] 尖端
The tip of something long and narrow is the end of it.
双语例句
例：The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers.
衣袖遮住了他的手，一直盖到他的手指尖。
2. [C 可数名词] 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.
双语例句
例：I gave the barber a tip.
我给了理发师小费。
3. [C 可数名词] 建议
A tip is a useful piece of advice.
双语例句
例：It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
它说明了如何准备简历，并提了一些有关求职的建议。
4. [C 可数名词] 垃圾场
A tip is a place where rubbish is left.
NOUN. 名词
tip off
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 向…通风报信
If someone tips you off, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen.
双语例句
例：Greg tipped police off about a drunk driver.
格雷格向警方报告了一名酒后驾车者。
tip over
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 翻倒
If you tip something over or if it tips over, it falls over or turns over.
双语例句
例：He tipped the table over in front of him.
他打翻了他面前的那张桌子。
例：Don't tip over that glass.
别打翻那个玻璃杯。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
the tip of the iceberg
1. （问题的）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.
双语例句
例：Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
除非我们大家都更加小心，否则迄今为止的死者人数将只是冰山一角。
tip the scales , tip the balance
1. 使稍占优势
If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
双语例句
例：Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in her favour.
今日稍短程的比赛将很有可能使她稍占优势。
PHRASE. 习语
tips , tipping , tipped
1. [I 不及物动词] （使）倾斜
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.
双语例句
例：He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him.
他侧身避开她，她不得不歪过头来看他。
2. [T 及物动词] 倾倒
If you tip something somewhere, you pour it there.
双语例句
例：Tip the vegetables into a bowl.
把这些蔬菜倒进一个碗里。
3. [T 及物动词] 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.
双语例句
例：We usually tip 18-20.
我们通常付18-20的小费。
VERB. 动词
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