這個拼法底下其實是3個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 gratuity (money) · pointed end · tilt/lean

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tip

n, v

核心畫面

You can picture this tip as quietly handing someone a little something extra — a few coins to a waiter, a useful hint, a piece of inside knowledge. The shared picture is 'slipping a small valuable thing into someone's hand': money to thank them, advice to help them, or secret information to warn or guide them.

可以想成「悄悄塞給別人一點額外的好東西」的畫面:幾個銅板給服務生、一個有用的提示、一則內幕消息。共通的畫面比較像「把更多收起可以想成「悄悄塞給別人一點額外的好東西」的畫面:幾個銅板給服務生、一個有用的提示、一則內幕消息。共通的畫面比較像「把一點有價值的小東西遞到別人手裡」——給錢是謝謝、給建議是幫忙、給情報是提醒或暗示。(此為與「尖端」「傾倒」同拼字但來源不同的字)

A second word, same spelling

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tip

n, v

核心畫面

You can picture this tip as the very last little point of something long and slender — the end of your finger, a pencil, a branch, the peak of an . It is the narrow extreme tip where the thing finally stops. Everything in this word grows from that single image of 'the slender far end'.

可以想成一個又長又細的東西「最尾端那一小點」的畫面:手指尖、鉛筆尖、樹枝末梢、冰山的頂角。就是那個越收越窄、東西終於更多收起可以想成一個又長又細的東西「最尾端那一小點」的畫面:手指尖、鉛筆尖、樹枝末梢、冰山的頂角。就是那個越收越窄、東西終於到頭的尖端。這個 tip 的所有用法都從這個「細長物的尖頭」長出來。(此為與「傾倒」「給小費」同拼字但來源不同的字)

A second word, same spelling

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tip

n, v

核心畫面

You can picture this tip as tilting something off level so one end rises and the other drops — and if you tilt far enough, whatever is inside slides or pours out, or the whole thing topples over. From that single picture of 'tilt until things slide out' come pouring, dumping rubbish, a messy dumped-out room, and figurative 'tipping the balance'.

可以想成把一樣東西「歪到一邊」的畫面:一頭翹起、一頭沉下;歪得夠多,裡面的東西就滑出來、倒出來,甚至整個翻過去。從這更多收起可以想成把一樣東西「歪到一邊」的畫面:一頭翹起、一頭沉下;歪得夠多,裡面的東西就滑出來、倒出來,甚至整個翻過去。從這個「傾斜到東西滑出來」的畫面,延伸出倒水、倒垃圾、亂得像倒出來的房間,以及比喻上的「讓天平倒向一邊」。(此為與「尖端」「小費」同拼字但來源不同的字)

原始詞典資料46 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Tipname

  • 1

    A male nickname.

tipnoun詞源 1/tɪp/

  • 1

    The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

    • the tip of one's nose
    • When he woke up, about half an hour after, he called it to him again, but Dash only looked sheepish and wagged the tip of his tail.
  • 2

    A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

    • a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
  • 3

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

  • 4

    A small piece of meat.

    • chicken tips over rice, pork tips, marinated alligator tips
    • He dutifully speared a beef tip and chewed it with false gusto.
  • 5

    A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

  • 6

    A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

  • 7

    Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).

  • 8

    slangThe glans penis.

    • my tip sticky rn
    • What's your tip color?

tipverb詞源 1/tɪp/

  • 1

    To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

    • I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: / Tush, feare not man, wee'll tip thy hornes with gold, / And all Europa shall reioyce at thee [...].
    • truncheon tipped with iron head

tipverb詞源 2/tɪp/

  • 1

    (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

  • 2

    (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

    • the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two […]
    • There is little chance that the EU’s watchdogs have, until now, simply missed the evidence of a deeper malaise. The red flags signalling a democratic deficit have always been prominent: from the long-standing harassment, detention, and assassination of peaceful human rights defenders like Chea Vichea, Chut Wutty, and Tep Vanny, to ratcheting up efforts to deter civil society organisation through dubious, hostile legislation. More likely, the trade-offs between popular power and stability have been weighed by the EU and accepted, where these have tipped in its favour—in this case, shoring up a regional ally and trading partner, as well as delivering rapid rates of economic growth that have won Cambodia middle-income status, thus serving up a ready exemplar of neoliberal development logic.
  • 3

    To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

    • The workshop with its smithy is still intact, also the loading stage where the narrow-gauge wagons tipped their contents into those of the G.W.R.
  • 4

    datedslangTo drink.

  • 5

    To dump (refuse).

  • 6

    To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

    • I tip my 40 to your memory.
  • 7

    To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

    • Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech.

tipnoun詞源 2/tɪp/

  • 1

    obsoleteThe knocking over of a skittle.

  • 2

    An act of tipping up or tilting.

  • 3

    An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

    • There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.
    • 1972 May 18, Jon Tinker, Must we waste rubbish?, New Scientist, page 389, As the tip slowly squashes under its own weight, bacteria rot away the organic matter, mainly anaerobically with the generation of methane.
  • 4

    Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

  • 5

    A recycling centre.

  • 6

    A very untidy place.

  • 7

    The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

    • As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top.
  • 8

    A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.

tipverb詞源 3/tɪp/

  • 1

    archaicTo hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

    • A third rogue tips me by the elbow.

tipnoun詞源 3/tɪp/

  • 1

    archaicA light blow or tap.

tipverb詞源 4/tɪp/

  • 1

    To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

    • You should always tip your waiter in the United States and most third world countries.
    • Hire of bedding, and food in the restaurant cars is cheap, and passengers are officially encouraged not to tip company's servants—but they do.
  • 2

    To give, pass.

    • "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."

tipnoun詞源 4/tɪp/

  • 1

    A small monetary gift.

    • Workers in the American service industry usually depend on tips to even make minimum wage.
    • “Did you tip him enough to do any good? They only work for tips.” “I didn’t know that,” I said. “I thought the hotel paid them something on the side.” “I mean they will only do something for you for a substantial tip. Most of them are rotten clean through.”
  • 2

    datedA small monetary gift.

    • A half crown tip put the deputy's knowledge at my disposal, and I learned that Mr. Bloxam [...] had left for his work at five o'clock that morning.
    • So Lord Tottenham said, "Well, I'm much obliged any way. And now I come to look at you—of course, you're not young ruffians, but gentlemen's sons, eh? Still, you won't be above taking a tip from an old boy—I wasn't when I was your age," and he pulled out half a sovereign.
  • 3

    datedA small monetary gift.

    • “I hope,” said Uncle Andrew presently in a very high and mighty voice, just as if he were a perfect Uncle who had just given one a handsome tip and some good advice

tipnoun詞源 5/tɪp/

  • 1

    A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

    • hot stock tips
  • 2

    A piece of advice.

    • tips and tricks
  • 3

    A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.

    • Thus, this is a tricky tip; Port’s inconsistency combined with the higher ladder placing of Adelaide have me leaning the latter’s way.
    • Another bye round, another dose of Thursday night footy and that means you have to get your tips in early.
  • 4

    A prediction about the outcome of something.

    • My guess, Senator Bernardi, is that Mr Rudd will take over. He will immediately say: 'I made a mistake on the carbon tax. We're not going to introduce it and we will go to an election.' There is my tip.
    • My tip is he can be top 50 after the Australian summer of tennis.

tipverb詞源 5/tɪp/

  • 1

    To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

    • Dirks was an investment analyst who learned from a former employee of Equity Funding that the company had been fraudulently manufacturing insurance policies. Dirks tipped several institutions which then liquidated $16 million in Equity Funding stock before the fraud was exposed and the bottom fell out of the market. According to the Court, Dirks was a hero for (eventually) exposing the fraud. The SEC's censure of Dirks for tipping inside information was reversed because, the Supreme Court held, the liability of a tippee derives from that of the tipper. If the tipper is without sin, so is the tippee. Here, the employee's purpose in informing Dirks was to expose the fraud, so the tipper breached no duty. Moreover, according to the Court, for there to be a breach of duty, there must be personal benefit (in the form of pecuniary gain or reputational benefit that will translate into future earnings) arising to the tipper from the disclosure.
    • In rare instances, the provision logically could apply to the private right of action given to contemporaneous traders to recover for insider trading (e.g., a case where an insider tipped an associate about some forthcoming corporate event, and the tippee was found liable based on recklessness).
  • 2

    To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.

    • The rest of Saturday’s games have tantalising opportunities for upsets – but I’m going to tip conservatively.
    • I tipped all the home teams except for the Sharks and Storm.
  • 3

    To predict something having a particular outcome.

    • I'm tipping that, although complex accounting treatments tend to separate capital items and recurrent programs and impede overall visibility, there are significant overspends across the infrastructure portfolio.
    • Liz Truss is widely tipped to defeat rival Rishi Sunak to become the new British prime minister.

tipnoun詞源 6/tɪp/

  • 1

    A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.

  • 2

    A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。