| 单词 | zip |
| 释义 | zip (once / 2741 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n To zip is to close with a zipper. Also, zip means zilch, which is zero or nothing. Make sure to zip your wallet because if everything falls out, you’ll have zip. Zip as in “to close with a zipper” is short for — you guessed it — zipper. If you're cold, zip up your coat. If you zip your lips, you’re not using a zipper but you’re closing your mouth. Zip meaning “nothing” came from kids in the 1900s when they referred to getting a zero on a test. Now, if you have zip, you have nothing, and not just on a test. WORD FAMILYzip: unzip, zipped, zipper, zipping, zippy, zips+/unzip: unzipped, unzipping, unzips/zipper: zippered, zippering, zippers/zippy: zippier, zippiest, zippily USAGE EXAMPLESHe finished the second belt, placed it in a plastic bag and zipped it closed. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) On visits to see family in Lebanon, he would zip over borders into Syria or Turkey to stock up on various peppers. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) A patient’s Zip code, she said, determines life expectancy and overall health far more than genetics or access to health care, largely because of poverty. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n forceful exertion he's full of zip Syn|Hypo|Hyper energy, vigor, vigour athleticism, strenuosity intense energy force, forcefulness, strength physical energy or intensity 2v move very fast 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper hurry, speed, travel rapidly dart, fleet, flit, flutter move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart runmove fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time whizz, whizz along, zoom, zoom alongmove along very quickly butterflyflutter like a butterfly clip, jog, trotrun at a moderately swift pace scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitterto move about or proceed hurriedly romprun easily and fairly fast run basesrun around the bases, in baseball streakrun naked in a public place runrun with the ball; in such sports as football outrunrun faster than jogrun for exercise sprintrun very fast, usually for a short distance loperun easily rushrun with the ball, in football harerun quickly, like a hare go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 1n a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab Syn|Hyper slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place 2v close with a zipper 3Zip up your jacket--it's cold Syn|Ant|Hyper zip up, zipper unzip open the zipper of fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached n a quantity of no importance Syn|Hypo|Hyper aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zippo nihil (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose ZIP (once / 38500 pages) n WORD FAMILY ZIP: ZIPS USAGE EXAMPLESThey usually couldn’t switch ZIP codes unless all of the programs in their own area were full—something that happens very seldom in Detroit. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) Your ZIP code should not decide whether you can get health insurance or not. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) With that, the center hopes to feed a combined 5,200 households with children in the 46208 and 46205 ZIP codes. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) n a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail Syn|Hyper ZIP code, postal code, postcode code a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
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