| 释义 | tippled
 tip·ple 1T0230100 (tĭp′əl)tr. & intr.v. tip·pled, tip·pling, tip·ples  To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess.n. Alcoholic liquor.[Perhaps back-formation from Middle English tipeler, bartender.]
 tip′pler n.
 
 tip·ple 2T0230100 (tĭp′əl)n.1. a.  An apparatus for unloading freight cars by tipping them.b.  The place where this is done.2.  A place for screening coal and loading it into trucks or railroad cars.[From dialectal tipple, to overturn, frequentative of tip.]IdiomsSeetipple
 tipping point
 tipping pointThe point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. |