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Definition of dipper in English: dippernoun ˈdɪpəˈdɪpər 1A short-tailed songbird related to the wrens, frequenting fast-flowing streams and able to swim, dive, and walk under water to feed. 河乌 Family Cinclidae and genus Cinclus: five species, in particular the white-throated Eurasian C. cinclus Example sentencesExamples - On the stones I watched a dipper and a pair of grey wagtails.
- I also spotted a male kingfisher, herons and several dippers.
- Swallows were chasing insects over the water and I watched dippers and grey wagtails feeding their young.
- Just lay back against a tree among the wood anemones and the bluebells (some out already), with the roar of the cascading water, the antics of a dipper and the calm cruising of a grey heron.
- Native birds, a category including buzzards, dippers and swifts, showed rises in population of 14 per cent in the region during the period, in contrast to England overall, where there was no change in numbers.
- Look out for dippers and raptors; on my last visit a golden eagle gave a fly-past!
- Sunnyhurst Brook, which runs the length of the woods, is known among the birdwatching community as an excellent place to spot kingfisher, grey wagtail, dipper and heron.
- The Greta is one of the most important rivers in the North of England, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, home to otters, herons, kingfishers, dippers, trout and salmon, and the main feeder to Bassenthwaite Lake.
- Our only company was a dipper that dived into the middle of the flow, surfaced after about ten seconds, whirred for a skimming white flashing 20 or 50 yards up river and then dived again.
- Wildlife photographer Harold Hems records an unusually sited nest under a waterfall in a position usually associated with dippers.
- In fall and winter, look for bald eagles, American dippers, mergansers, red-shafted Northern flickers, red-tailed hawks, and Townsend's solitaires.
- The dipper takes prey from the water's surface while swimming, and will even use its wings to ‘fly’ under water.
- Resident birds include kingfisher, dipper and grey wagtail and on most days of the year the heron can be seen.
2A ladle or scoop. 长柄勺；戽斗 Example sentencesExamples - She plunged a dipper into it and began to ladle creamy milk into the pail.
- Formerly in Crete, the dipper had appeared exclusively as coarse kitchenware and may have been used only for cooking.
- Gourds also provide a wide range of dippers, cups, and spoons.
- Of course at that same hardware store where Granddad bought the car, all the customers drank cool spring water from a communal dipper that hung on a hook above the barrel.
- Using paint buckets and dippers, men and women spent a full hour hurling black-tinted white paint at doors and windows.
- He walks over to the well, and draws up a bucket, then takes a sip from the dipper.
- He scooped water from a bucket with a dipper, then poured it over both sides of the blade.
- Then, skipping the pot all together, he just put the hot water into the dipper.
- Without a word, the man reached into a bucket and pulled out a dipper full of water.
- With a sweeping gesture, she lowered the dipper into the steaming cauldron holding the noxious purple brew that was going to cure Alicia's headaches and Chino's gall-bladder problems.
- The slaves made dippers out of gourds and the water in the gourd dipper was cooler than the water in the glass dipper.
- I run to the rainwater barrel and fill the dipper.
- She watched as her new friend poured the rest of the water from the dipper back into the well, and did the same with the contents of the bucket.
3A person who dips something in liquid. 浸染者，浸涂者 Example sentencesExamples - No farmer should employ dippers unless they hold an appropriate licence.
4informal A pickpocket. Example sentencesExamples - Isn't it time some of the big-time dippers spent some time in the slammer as well?
5archaic, informal A Baptist or Anabaptist. 〈古，非正式〉浸礼会教友；再洗礼派教徒
RhymesAgrippa, chipper, clipper, equipper, flipper, gripper, hipper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper Definition of dipper in US English: dippernounˈdɪpərˈdipər 1A short-tailed songbird related to the wrens, frequenting fast-flowing streams and able to swim, dive, and walk under water to feed. 河乌 Family Cinclidae and genus Cinclus: five species, in particular the Eurasian (white-throated) dipper (C. cinclus) Example sentencesExamples - I also spotted a male kingfisher, herons and several dippers.
- Sunnyhurst Brook, which runs the length of the woods, is known among the birdwatching community as an excellent place to spot kingfisher, grey wagtail, dipper and heron.
- The Greta is one of the most important rivers in the North of England, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, home to otters, herons, kingfishers, dippers, trout and salmon, and the main feeder to Bassenthwaite Lake.
- Just lay back against a tree among the wood anemones and the bluebells (some out already), with the roar of the cascading water, the antics of a dipper and the calm cruising of a grey heron.
- In fall and winter, look for bald eagles, American dippers, mergansers, red-shafted Northern flickers, red-tailed hawks, and Townsend's solitaires.
- Look out for dippers and raptors; on my last visit a golden eagle gave a fly-past!
- Swallows were chasing insects over the water and I watched dippers and grey wagtails feeding their young.
- The dipper takes prey from the water's surface while swimming, and will even use its wings to ‘fly’ under water.
- Native birds, a category including buzzards, dippers and swifts, showed rises in population of 14 per cent in the region during the period, in contrast to England overall, where there was no change in numbers.
- Resident birds include kingfisher, dipper and grey wagtail and on most days of the year the heron can be seen.
- Wildlife photographer Harold Hems records an unusually sited nest under a waterfall in a position usually associated with dippers.
- On the stones I watched a dipper and a pair of grey wagtails.
- Our only company was a dipper that dived into the middle of the flow, surfaced after about ten seconds, whirred for a skimming white flashing 20 or 50 yards up river and then dived again.
2A ladle or scoop. 长柄勺；戽斗 Example sentencesExamples - The slaves made dippers out of gourds and the water in the gourd dipper was cooler than the water in the glass dipper.
- He scooped water from a bucket with a dipper, then poured it over both sides of the blade.
- Gourds also provide a wide range of dippers, cups, and spoons.
- Of course at that same hardware store where Granddad bought the car, all the customers drank cool spring water from a communal dipper that hung on a hook above the barrel.
- Then, skipping the pot all together, he just put the hot water into the dipper.
- With a sweeping gesture, she lowered the dipper into the steaming cauldron holding the noxious purple brew that was going to cure Alicia's headaches and Chino's gall-bladder problems.
- Formerly in Crete, the dipper had appeared exclusively as coarse kitchenware and may have been used only for cooking.
- He walks over to the well, and draws up a bucket, then takes a sip from the dipper.
- Without a word, the man reached into a bucket and pulled out a dipper full of water.
- Using paint buckets and dippers, men and women spent a full hour hurling black-tinted white paint at doors and windows.
- She watched as her new friend poured the rest of the water from the dipper back into the well, and did the same with the contents of the bucket.
- I run to the rainwater barrel and fill the dipper.
- She plunged a dipper into it and began to ladle creamy milk into the pail.
3A person who immerses something in liquid. 浸染者，浸涂者 Example sentencesExamples - No farmer should employ dippers unless they hold an appropriate licence.
4informal, archaic A Baptist or Anabaptist. 〈古，非正式〉浸礼会教友；再洗礼派教徒
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