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单词 Tippex
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Definition of Tippex in English:

Tippex

(also Tipp-Ex)
nounˈtɪpɛks
mass nounBritish trademark
  • A type of correction fluid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I use it with Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat which I dot on like Tipp-Ex to hide annoying discolourations, blemishes and dark eye circles.
    • Visitor 75,000 came from a University of Derby server, which leads me to believe it's the mighty Charby, so a congratulatory consignment of Tipp-Ex is being sent up to obscure the Gary Neville lettering on her England shirt.
    • I noticed there was a bottle of Tipp-Ex at the side of the bed.
    • It was one of the Monkees' mums, she mixed paint and nail varnish and made Tipp-Ex.
    • The image you see can all be attributed to a mischievous local who was little bit creative with a bottle of Tipp-Ex.
verbˈtɪpɛks
[with object]British
  • Delete with correction fluid.

    go home and Tippex your friends' names out of your address book
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Chris Klein, Jean Reno, Rebecca Romijin-Stamos and LL Cool J are among those who might be Tippexing it from their CV in years to come.
    • And so my relationship with Liverpool developed through football stickers, team posters, and Tippexing player's names on to my pencil case, into something more adult.
    • Meanwhile, we have Tippexed out the offending number.
    • I sincerely hope that I am not being Tippexed out of address books when I am told that the night out with my best friend (plus Aileen and Toni) has been cancelled until further notice.
    • I'd come in and find that she'd cancelled appointments I'd made for patients, erased diary entries, and even rewrote a whole week's appointments, having Tippexed out all I'd written.

Origin

1960s: from German, from tippen 'to type' and Latin ex 'out'.

 
 
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