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单词 dip
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dip

verb
 
/dɪp/
/dɪp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dip
/dɪp/
/dɪp/
he / she / it dips
/dɪps/
/dɪps/
past simple dipped
/dɪpt/
/dɪpt/
past participle dipped
/dɪpt/
/dɪpt/
-ing form dipping
/ˈdɪpɪŋ/
/ˈdɪpɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [transitive] to put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again
    • dip something (into something) He dipped the brush into the paint.
    • dip something (in) Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.
    • The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.
    Extra Examples
    • He dipped his finger in the water
    • Quickly dip the tomatoes in boiling water.
    • She dipped the brush lightly in the varnish.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • lightly
    • quickly
    preposition
    • in
    • into
    See full entry
  2.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to go downwards or to a lower level; to make something do this synonym fall
    • (+ adv./prep.) The sun dipped below the horizon.
    • Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
    • The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.
    • dip something (+ adv./prep.) The plane dipped its wings.
    see also double-dip
    Wordfinder
    • boom
    • decline
    • dip
    • fluctuate
    • level off/​out
    • peak
    • plateau
    • plummet
    • slump
    • trend
    Extra Examples
    • He dipped his head as he went through the doorway.
    • His head dipped towards her.
    • Support dipped sharply to 51 per cent.
    • The road dipped steeply down into the town.
    • The sun was slowly dipping out of sight.
    • hills which dip gently to the east
    • when unemployment dips below a certain point
    Topics Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • slightly
    • sharply
    preposition
    • below
    See full entry
  3. [transitive] dip something (British English) if you dip your headlights when driving a car at night, you make the light from them point down so that other drivers do not have the light in their eyesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
  4. [transitive] dip something when farmers dip animals, especially sheep, they put them in a bath of a liquid containing chemicals in order to kill insects, etc.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • lightly
    • quickly
    preposition
    • in
    • into
    See full entry
  5. Word OriginOld English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep.
Idioms
dip into your pocket
  1. (informal) to spend some of your own money on something
    • She was forced to dip into her own pocket to pay for the repairs.
dip a toe in/into something | dip a toe in/into the water
  1. (informal) to start doing something very carefully to see if it will be successful or not
    • We decided to dip a toe in the computer games market.
    Topics Successc2

dip

noun
/dɪp/
/dɪp/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] (informal) a quick swim
    • Let's go for a dip before breakfast.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quick
    • refreshing
    verb + dip
    • take
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  2. [countable] a decrease in the amount or success of something, usually for only a short period synonym fall
    • Share prices have taken a slight dip.
    • dip in something a sharp dip in profits
    Extra Examples
    • The nation is experiencing an economic dip.
    • a sharp dip in temperature
    • the occasional dips in the market
    Topics Change, cause and effectc2, Moneyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sharp
    • slight
    • sudden
    verb + dip
    • suffer
    • take
    • experience
    preposition
    • dip in
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  3. [countable] a place where a surface suddenly drops to a lower level and then rises again
    • a dip in the road
    • The village lay in a dip among the hills.
    • Puddles had formed in the dips.
    Topics Geographyc2
  4. [countable, uncountable] a thick mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eatenTopics Foodc1
  5. [uncountable, countable] a liquid containing a chemical into which sheep and other animals can be dipped in order to kill insects on them see also sheep dip
  6. [singular] dip into something a quick look at something
    • A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view.
  7. [countable, usually singular] a quick movement of something down and up
    • He gave a dip of his head.
    see also double-dip, lucky dip
  8. Word OriginOld English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep.

DIP

noun
/ˌdiː aɪ ˈpiː/
/ˌdiː aɪ ˈpiː/
[uncountable] (computing)
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  1. a system in which documents are treated as images (the abbreviation for document image processing)
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