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dip/dip/ v. & n.●v. (dipped, dipping) 1 tr. put or let down briefly into liquid etc.; immerse 浸，蘸(液体等)；使浸没 2 intr.a go below a surface or level (下)沉；沉没 the sun dipped below the horizon 太阳落到地平线下 b (of a level of income, activity, etc.) decline slightly, esp. briefly (收入、活动等尤指短暂地)小幅度下降 profits dipped in May 5 月份利润小幅下跌 3 intr. extend downwards; take or have a downward slope 向下扩展；向下倾斜 the road dips after the bend 过了弯道路面往下倾斜 4 intr. go under water and emerge quickly 没于水中又快速浮现 5 intr. (foll. by 后跟 into)a read briefly from (a book etc.) 随便翻阅，浏览(书等) b take a cursory interest in (a subject) (对某个题目)涉猎；稍加探究 6 (foll. by 后跟 into)a intr. put a hand, ladle, etc., into a container to take something out (用手、勺子等)舀取 b tr. put (a hand etc.) into a container to do this (为取某物)把(手等)伸入 c intr. spend from or make use of one's resources 花钱；解囊捐助 dipped into our savings 花掉了我们的积蓄 7 tr. & intr. lower or be lowered, esp. in salute 稍微降下(尤指行屈膝礼) 8 tr. Brit. lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights) to reduce dazzle [英]把(汽车前灯的)远光调为近光 9 tr. colour (a fabric) by immersing it in dye 浸染(织物) 10 tr. wash (sheep) by immersion in a vermin-killing liquid 给(绵羊)洗药浴 11 tr. make (a candle) by immersing a wick briefly in hot tallow (浸烛芯于融脂中)制造(蜡烛) 12 tr. baptize by immersion 施浸礼 13 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 up, out of) remove or scoop up (liquid, grain, etc., or something from liquid) 舀取(液体、谷物等)；(从液体中)掏取(某物) ●n. 1 an act of dipping or being dipped 浸；蘸 2 a liquid into which something is dipped 浸液 3 a brief bathe in the sea, river, etc. (在海、河等中的)洗澡 4 a brief downward slope, followed by an upward one, in a road etc. (路面等)起伏；倾斜；斜度 5 a sauce or dressing into which food is dipped before eating 沙司，沙司调料 6 a depression in the skyline 下沉；下落 7 Astron. & Surveying the apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth 【天】【测量学】视倾斜 8 Physics the angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field 【物理学】倾角；磁倾角 9 Geol. the angle a stratum makes with the horizon 【地质】(地层与水平线的)倾角 10 slang a pickpocket [俚语]扒手 11 US slang a foolish or bumbling person [美] [俚语]蠢人，笨手笨脚的人 12 a quantity dipped up 舀出量；吸取物 13 a candle made by dipping 蜡烛 □ dip out Austral. slang fail; miss an opportunity [澳] [俚语]失败；错过机会 [Old English dyppan from Germanic: related to DEEP] |