英语词汇“dipper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dip /dip/

transitive verb

dippˈing

dipped

To immerse for a time

To lower

To lower and raise again (eg a flag)

To cause (headlights) to shine below the eye level of oncoming motorists

To baptize by immersion

To lift by dipping (usu with up)

To dye, clean or coat by dipping

To immerse (fruit, wood, etc) in a preservative solution

To immerse (esp sheep) in a chemical solution to prevent or clear infestation by insects, etc

To moisten, suffuse (Milton)

To involve in money difficulties (informal)

To mortgage

To pawn

intransitive verb

To plunge and emerge

To go down briefly then up again

To sink

To reach down into something

To enter slightly

To fish by lowering the bait slightly into the water, then bobbing it gently on the surface

To look cursorily

To incline downwards

To steal by picking pockets (slang)

To practise snuff-dipping (qv under snuff¹)

noun

The act of dipping

A hollow

A sag

That which is taken by dipping

An inclination downwards

A sloping

(of the headlights of a car, etc) the state of being dipped

The angle a stratum of rock makes with a horizontal plane (geology)

The angle between the horizontal and the earth's magnetic field

Magnetic dip

A bath

A short swim

A liquid (such as a chemical solution or a dye) in which anything is dipped (such as sheep, garments, etc)

A creamy mixture into which food may be dipped before being eaten

A candle made by dipping a wick in tallow

A pickpocket (slang)

A stupid or foolish person (N American slang)

ORIGIN: OE dyppan, causal of dȳpan to plunge in, from dēop deep; cf Dan dyppe; Ger taufen to immerse

dippˈer noun

Someone who or that which dips
A ladle
A bucket or scoop of a dredge or excavator
A device for directing motor car headlights upwards or downwards (also dipswitch)
A dipping bird (genus Cinclus), the water ouzel
The dabchick (US)
(with cap) the Plough (astronomy)
A pickpocket (slang)
A nickname for a Baptist, esp a Dunker

dippˈing noun

The action of the verb
Snuff-dipping

dipˈ-circle or dippˈing-needle noun

An instrument for determining magnetic dip

dipˈ-net noun

A long-handled net for dipping up fish

dipˈ-pipe noun

A pipe with submerged outlet, esp in gasworks

dipˈ-secˈtor noun

An instrument for determining the dip of the visible horizon

dipˈ-slope noun (geology)

A slope of ground coinciding with the dip of the rocks

dipˈstick noun

A rod for measuring depth of liquid in a sump, etc
A stupid or foolish person (slang; derogatory)

dipˈswitch see dipper above.

dipˈ-trap noun

A bend in a pipe containing liquid to cut off gases

dip in

To take a share

dip into

To put one's hand into to remove something
To take or use (eg money from a fund)
To read cursorily in

dip of the horizon

The angle of the visible horizon below the level of the eye

dip of the needle

The angle a balanced magnetic needle makes with the horizontal plane

dip snuff

To practise snuff-dipping (qv under snuff¹)