| 单词 | lip |
| 释义 | lip (once / 46 pages) 1n 2n 3n Your lips are the external, fleshy part of your mouth. You have a top lip and a bottom lip. Lips are what make kissing possible. Lips are useful when it comes to speaking, eating, and kissing. If you say that something is "on everyone's lips," you mean that it's the topic everyone seems to be talking about lately. If an angry teacher says, "Don't give me any lip!" he means "Don't be a smart mouth," or "Don't be impertinent." When you manage to keep a "stiff upper lip," you stay brave even when things get difficult. WORD FAMILYlip: lipless, liplike, lipping, lips, overlip, underlip+/lipless: liplessly/underlip: underlips USAGE EXAMPLESBy the time he walked over, Quinlan’s lips were once again a healthy pink. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) She added: "Any allegations that she planned to lip sync are just adding insult to injury." BBC(Jan 02, 2017) I use it on my cuticles, not my lips. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking Hypo|Hyper overlip the upper lip underlipthe lower lip external body part any body part visible externally articulatora movable speech organ 2n (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx Hyper plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus 3n either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell 2Hyper border, margin, perimeter the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary n the top edge of a vessel or other container 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper brim, rim collar, shoe collar the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot edge a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object n an impudent or insolent rejoinder Syn|Hyper back talk, backtalk, mouth, sass, sassing comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
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