| 单词 | lip |
| 释义 | lip (lɪp ) Word forms: lips 1. countable noun [usually plural, oft poss NOUN] B1 Your lips are the two outer parts of the edge of your mouth. Wade stuck the cigarette between his lips. 2. countable noun The lip of something such as a container or a high area of land is its edge. ...the lip of the jug. [+ of] ...the lip of Mount Etna's smouldering crater. [+ of] Synonyms: edge, rim, brim, margin 3. bite your lip phrase [VERB inflects] If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling. She bit her lip as she recalled the words he'd thrown at her. 4. on everyone's lips phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you say that something is on everyone's lips, you mean that a lot of people seem to be interested in it and are talking about it. He is the guy whose name is on everyone's lips at the moment. 5. to lick your lips phrase B2 If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant. They licked their lips in anticipation. We swallowed the chocolates in one gulp, licking our lips. 6. my lips are sealed phrase If you tell someone that your lips are sealed, you are promising them that you will keep a secret that they have told you. As for anything told to me in confidence, well, my lips are sealed. 7. a stiff upper lip phrase [usually verb PHRASE, verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone is keeping a stiff upper lip, you mean that they are not showing any emotion even though it is difficult for them not to. Idioms: button your lip to keep silent about something although you would really like to speak He had the grace and good sense to button his lip, even though this clearly caused him personal pain. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep a stiff upper lip to hide your emotions and not let other people see what you are feeling I shared my feelings with no one because I had always believed in keeping a stiff upper lip, and putting on my best face for family and friends. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pay lip service to something or give lip service to something to appear to be in favour of an idea without doing anything to support it These agreements give lip service to money going back to the people. But there is not even a formula for how it would be determined. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers there is many a slip twixt cup and lip [literary] said to mean that a plan may easily go wrong before it is completed, and you can never be sure of what will happen Joe must be a hot favourite to win in Belfast, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: lips sealed He can't even bring himself to reveal his reasons for keeping his lips sealed. The Sun With lips sealed and eyes closed, breathe deeply through your nose. Houston Chronicle For nearly four decades both codebreakers kept their lips sealed - completely unaware of what secrets the other had uncovered. The Sun Characters get swept along into all sorts of absurd trends, from using bee stings to make lips swell to giant pacifiers for adults. Times,Sunday Times Now imagine consuming that food and experiencing a reaction so severe that within minutes your lips swell, your stomach burns and you struggle to breathe. Times, Sunday Times Then my lips swell up, then my face, my throat, my tongue. Globe and Mail My lips swell up overnight, but quieten down after 24 hours, and my left jawline swells for a couple of days, before settling. Times, Sunday Times I was almost relieved when the village's specialist path-builder arrived, the usual permanent cigarillo glued to his lower lip. The Times Literary Supplement I then did the same on the lower lip. The Sun These are 12 times more common on the lower lip than the upper lip because of increased exposure to sunlight. The Sun Seen from in front, the individual flowers look rather like faces with a big lower lip. Times, Sunday Times At one point, she removes a foamy cappuccino moustache with her lower lip. Times, Sunday Times He then tipped it towards my parched lips. The Sun Unlike most lipcare, however, this has a silky formula that glides on seamlessly and protects and hydrates even the most parched lips. Times,Sunday Times To cool my parched lips, the cowboy then said. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then his lips parted in something close to a smile. Times, Sunday Times Her lips parted in a tiny smile. Times, Sunday Times With his head thrown back, his lips parted, his limbs convulsed, he certainly seems to be a chap in the throes of a very good time. Times, Sunday Times But my body language may have communicated to her a wish that she say nothing more, for she stopped herself, her lips parted as if holding a bubble between them. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, the harsh lips parted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The camera tracks her like a devoted puppy, feasting on her sleeping form and parted lips. Times, Sunday Times Her mottled face has come to me many times, in particular the way her parted lips had no reflex to flies that were landing on her teeth. Times, Sunday Times His parted lips, tilted head, and leaning posture all evoke a moment of surprise and sudden animation, crafting a more dramatic encounter with the viewer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her plump lips seem to have gone slightly crooked at the moment. Times, Sunday Times Through social media, she found a local beautician who promised her perfectly plump lips, and she booked herself in. The Sun Wedding magazines are full of ads for procedures promising to plump lips, fill lines and freeze-frame your face for that photo call of a lifetime. Times, Sunday Times Thanks to some clever new formulas, it's now possible to plump lips without the tingles. The Sun The plump lips are parted as if about to speak. Times, Sunday Times Cue purple lips that are a whole heap goth, a whole heap grunge. Times, Sunday Times Don't make the mistake of stereotyping purple lips — they don't have to be part of a gothic get-up or a 1990s revival. Times, Sunday Times Green eyes would be paired with purple lips. The Sun Drape your little darlings in a black cloak and get out the face paints — purple lips are especially effective. The Sun She has a yellow shirt, a blue hat and purple lips. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He began, and ended, with a quivering lip, but in between there was history, drama and a few good jokes. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We must wail loudly and shed hot tears or, at the very least, display a quivering lip or brow wracked with torment. The Sun (2011) Wherever I went, and to whomever I spoke, there was always a period of distracted chitter-chatter before my interlocutor leaned in close and, with sparkling eyes and quivering lip, asked: 'What's he like then? Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 嘴唇 Japanese: 唇 |
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