tipping
美 [t?p]
英 [t?p] 
- n.小費;尖端;消息;主要用于英式英語
- v.倒;使翻倒;給…小費;使傾斜
- 網絡給小費;付小費;鑲邊
詞形變化
復數:tips 現在分詞:tipping 過去式:tipped 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
末端end of sth
1. | 尖端;尖兒;端the thin pointed end of sth |
| the tips of your fingers 手指尖 |
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| the northern tip of the island 島的北端 |
2. | (裝在頂端的)小部件a small part that fits on or over the end of sth |
| a walking stick with a rubber tip 帶橡皮頭的手杖 |
建議advice
3. | 指點;實用的提示a small piece of advice about sth practical |
| handy tips for buying a computer 購買電腦幾點有用的提示 |
| useful tips on how to save money 幾個省錢的竅門兒 |
4. |
(尤指有關賽馬的)內幕消息,指點a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race |
| a hot tip for the big race 賽馬大賽的最新內幕消息 |
5. |
舉報;密報;線報secret information that sb gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen |
| The man was arrested after an anonymous tip. 有人匿名舉報后,那個人被抓了起來。 |
額外的錢extra money
6. | 小費;小賬a small amount of extra money that you give to sb, for example sb who serves you in a restaurant |
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| He gave the waiter a generous tip . 他給了服務員很多小費。 |
垃圾for rubbish
7. | 垃圾場;垃圾堆a place where you can take rubbish/garbage and leave it |
臟亂處untidy place
| Their flat is a tip! 他們的寓所簡直是個豬窩! |
傾斜地倚╱倒╱推lean/pour/push at an angle
1. | [i][t] (使)傾斜,傾倒,翻覆to move so that one end or side is higher than the other; to move sth into this position |
| The boat tipped to one side. 船向一邊傾斜。 |
| The seat tips forward to allow passengers into the back. 座位向前放倒,好讓乘客進入車的后部。 |
| She tipped her head back and laughed loudly. 她把頭一仰,哈哈大笑起來。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth/sb + adv./prep. 倒出;傾倒;傾覆to make sth/sb come out of a container or its/their position by holding or lifting it/them at an angle |
| She tipped the dirty water down the drain. 她把臟水倒入了下水道。 |
| The bus stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my seat. 公共汽車突然剎車,差點兒把我從座位上甩出去。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 輕觸;輕碰to touch sth lightly so that it moves in a particular direction |
| The goalkeeper just managed to tip the ball over the crossbar. 守門員剛好把球捅出球門的橫梁。 |
丟垃圾leave rubbish
4. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (在戶外)倒垃圾to leave rubbish/garbage somewhere outdoors in order to get rid of it |
| ‘No tipping.’(= for example, on a notice) “此處禁止倒垃圾。” |
額外付款give extra money
5. | [i][t] 給小費;付小賬to give sb an extra amount of money to thank them for sth they have done for you as part of their job |
| Americans were always welcome because they tended to tip heavily. 美國人總是受歡迎,因為他們往往給很多小費。 |
| Did you remember to tip the waiter? 你記得給服務員小費了嗎? |
| She tipped the porter a dollar. 她給了行李工一元的小費。 |
預測成功predict success
6. | [t] 預言…獲勝;事先說…會成功to say in advance that sb/sth will be successful |
| The band is being tipped for the top. 人們說這支樂隊將位居榜首。 |
| The senator has been tipped by many as a future president. 許多人猜測這位參議員將會繼任總統。 |
| The actor is tipped to win an Oscar for his performance. 這位演員因表演出色而被認為有望獲得奧斯卡獎。 |
覆蓋端頭cover end
7. | [t][usupass] ~ sth (with sth) (用顏色、物質等)覆蓋…的末端,遮蓋…的邊to cover the end or edge of sth with a colour, a substance, etc. |
| The wings are tipped with yellow. 翅膀的尖端呈黃色。 |
習慣用語
on the tip of your tongue
話在嘴邊上(卻一時想不起來)if a word or name ison the tip of your tongue , you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it
the tip of the iceberg
(問題的)冰山一角only a small part of a much larger problem
it is/was tipping (it) down
大雨傾盆;大雨如注it is/was raining heavily
tip the balance/scales
使天平傾斜;使結果傾向某方;起決定性作用to affect the result of sth in one way rather than another
| In an interview, smart presentation can tip the scales in your favour. 在面試中,機敏的表現是一種有利的條件。 |
tip your hand
攤牌;讓對方摸著底細;公開自己的意圖to make your plans or intentions known
tip the scales at sth
重量為to weigh a particular amount
| He tipped the scales at just over 80 kilos. 他稱得體重剛過 80 公斤。 |
tip sb the wink|tip the wink to sb
給某人密送情報to give sb secret information that they can use to gain an advantage for themselves
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
As you see things getting closer and closer to that tipping point, you're going to see a frenzy of activity take place.
當我們看待事情越來越接近臨界點的時候,我們有可能會看到一些很狂亂的事情發生。
And I think Linux is definitely very close to reaching that magic tipping point where it will be easy to use for all levels of users.
而且Linux的設計使之非常接近一個臨界點,過了這個臨界點,Linux就可以被各種層次的用戶方便的使用。
Such a flanged girder is referred to as unsymmetrical and must have tipping brackets fitted at name frame spaces.
法蘭的梁提到,不對稱,必須有引爆支架裝在偉大框架空間。
While such explanations may be crude, the hard truth seems to be that tipping does not work.
盡管這些解釋也許不很成熟,而事實看起來就是,支付小費并不能起到什么作用。
Waiters and restaurateurs are forever tipping off the press so that when Cheung tries to leave a restaurant, a phalanx is waiting for her.
飯館的侍應生和老板總會向媒體告密,所以每當張曼玉離開飯館時,總有一群人在等候著她。
Visitors are always amazed, the site manager says, to discover how much more there is to landfilling than tipping waste in a hole.
填埋地點的經理人說,參觀者通常很詫異地發現填埋的垃圾比傾卸在洞中的垃圾要多很多。
For example, in a climate approaching a tipping point, the weather tends to look more similar day to day leading up to the big change.
比如說,在接近轉折點的氣候中,天氣在發生重大變化之前往往一天天顯得越來越相似。
It seems to me that you have done enough on your own, one way or the other. I see a tipping point.
在我看來,你們已經獨自做了足夠多,以這樣或那樣的方式。我看到了一個轉折點。
It was as if I had reached a tipping point of some sort, and suddenly letting go of things became so much easier.
就好像突然遇到了一個轉折點,我一下子讓事情變得如此簡單。
Taipei Like Japan and China, Taiwan is not a tipping society-even though much of the currency seems to come in coin form.
臺北就像日本和中國大陸一樣,臺灣不是一個給小費的社會--盡管大量貨幣是以硬幣的形式出現。
But if the system is approaching a tipping point, it tends to take longer to recover its balance.
但是,如果系統正在接近轉折點,它往往需要更長的時間恢復平衡。
With these in hand, the thieves need only set up a bogus money transfer without tipping off the bank.
掌握了這些信息,這些盜賊可以不用驚動銀行,只需要建立一個虛假的轉移支付交易即可。
There is something compelling, in a ghoulish sort of way, about the notion that earth's climate may be headed toward a tipping point.
有一種你不得不信,甚至還有點恐怖的觀點,那就是地球氣候可能正走向一個崩潰的邊緣。
To avoid getting confused about the British tipping system, you need to check your bill to see if a tip is included or not.
為了避免被英國小費制迷惑,你需要檢查你的賬單,看看有沒有包含小費。
On Lin's last night in New York, Steven entertained him to a meal in a restaurant. After the dinner, they discussed the topic of tipping .
在紐約停留的最后一晚,小林受到斯蒂文的招待。吃過飯,他們的話題轉到“小費”上面……
The major tipping point in the Yankees' favor was their immediate need for Clemens, said the right-hander's agent, Randy Hendricks.
克萊門斯的經紀人亨德瑞斯表示,洋基能夠獨得垂青,主要是因為他們立刻就需要克萊門斯。
I don't think we've reached the tipping point yet, I think we'll continue as an industry to innovate, challenge one another to go further.
我不認為我們已到達峰頂,我想我們將持續是個創新的產業,挑戰彼此以使這些方面的努力進一步迅速發展。
But the U. S. financial system has reached such a dangerous tipping point that little choice remains.
然而,美國金融系統危機已發展到了一個危險的傾覆點,留給人們的選擇并不多。
One video showed a female hurling herself at Knut's throat, in an apparent attempt to bite him, before tipping him into the water.
然而,監控錄像顯示,其中一只“熊小姐”曾撞擊克努特的喉嚨,試圖咬它,還把它推落水中。
One of the common warning signs of an impending tipping point is when a system takes longer to recover to equilibrium after it is disturbed.
轉折點迫近的一個常見預警信號是,系統受到干擾后,需要較長時間恢復到平衡狀態。
He was always flush in tipping.
他給小費總是很大方。
'It's a Plan D, ' he said. 'It's essentially an insurance policy for the situation where we hit a tipping point in climate change quickly. '
他說:“這是一個D計劃(后備方案),它實質上是在氣候變化太快時所采用的一種解決方案。”
"If people like us don't stand up for our rights, our country will not change, " she said. "The tipping point has come in India. "
“如果像我們一樣的人們不為自己的權利挺身而出的話,我們的國家就不會有任何改變,”她說,“印度的轉折點已經到來。”
One of the biggest obstacles keeping people from "just doing it" is not recognizing when they're about to hit their tipping point.
阻止人們“想做就做”的最大障礙之一并不是在撞上他們的人生轉折點時知道自己在哪兒。
Policymakers have come to understand this tipping point and try to act long before it is reached.
決策者已認識到了這一臨界點,并試圖在觸及該臨界點之前盡早采取行動。
This was clearly a tipping point for generation, but it does not represent the end state or final estimation of value to be realized.
這是生成技術的一個轉折點,然而卻還不能代表最終的價值所在。
On the basic type, we expand to produce a machine or hydraulic form tipping trailer, raised efficiency.
在基本型的基礎上,我公司又拓展生產出各型機械或液壓自卸拖車,提高了作業效率。
But, the jury's still out on whether we've reached a tipping point to a self-sustaining recovery.
然而,我們(這里指美國人)能否依靠自己來維持經濟的復蘇卻還是個未知數。
When Lehman collapsed, so did confidence and bank liquidity, and this was the tipping point of the global collapse.
當雷曼倒閉,銀行的流動性和信心也同時停滯了,這也是全球崩潰的臨界點。
Tipping points occur when a small change in one factor, a "driver, " can cause a disproportionately large response in an overall system.
如果一個因素很小的改變(一個“驅動力”)會導致整體系統產生不成比例的巨大改變,這一點就稱為臨界點。
Dr. Wesley said he would find a way to meet that requirement, perhaps by tipping a cup into his feeding tube.
韋斯利醫生說,到時候,他會想辦法滿足要求,比如把裝在杯子里的藥物倒進喂食管里。
Roberto Martinez has spoken of his deep admiration for Kenny Dalglish and is tipping the Scot to lead Liverpool towards a bright future.
羅伯托-馬丁內斯表達了他對國王深深的景仰,他認為蘇格蘭人將帶領利物浦走向光明的未來。
"Tipping" is always a difficult business. You do not want to give too much or too little, or tip the wrong person.
“給小費”一直是一件難事,因為你不想要給你太多或給得太少,或者給錯人。
If there's one dominant theme to the tipping element reviews, it's that Earth's face is prone to what he calls "singular transformations. "
在對眾多危機因素進行審視之后,如果存在一個舉足輕重的主題因素的話,那就是地球的臉太容易受到他所謂的“奇異變幻”的影響。
Breakage mechanism of these pipes is tipping corrosion, accompanied with intergranular corrosion and stress corrosion cracking.
腐蝕機理一般為點蝕,往往伴隨晶間腐蝕和應力腐蝕。
The train stopped abruptly, nearly tipping me out of my bunk.
火車突然停住,我差點兒從鋪位上摔下來。
My own favorite feature is the tipping chart in the back of the book which lists the standard tipping amounts for dozens of countries.
我個人最愛的特色是書背上的小費表,上面列出了數十個國家的標準小費金額。
To have done so would have risked tipping the deflation-riddled economy into even deeper recession.
如果這么做的話,可能會使備受通貨緊縮困擾的經濟陷入更深的衰退。
"Close to a tipping point the system becomes more inert, " Scheffer said.
系統接近轉折點時,會變得更加遲鈍。
"History shows the 5 per cent mark can be a tipping point, " he said.
他表示:“歷史經驗表明,5%可能是個轉折點。”
From The Tipping Point to Nudge, the rise of pop-social science has been a noticeable feature of the past decade in publishing.
從《引爆趨勢》(TheTippingPoint)到《助推》(Nudge),流行社會科學的興起在過去十年已成為出版業值得關注的特點。