zip

noun

/zɪp/

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(also zip fastener)
(both British English)
(also zipper especially in North American English)
[countable] a thing that you use to fasten clothes, bags, etc. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth that you can pull together to close something or pull apart to open it.拉链；拉锁
- to do up/undo/open/close a zip拉上／拉开／拉开／拉上拉链
- My zip's stuck.我的拉链卡住了。
Extra Examples
- The jacket was fastened by a zip at the front.这件夹克在前面系拉链。
- The zip on my bag has stuck.我包上的拉链卡住了。
- a bag with a zip拉链手提包
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + zip/zipper
- pull
- close
- do up
- …
zip/zipper + verb
- be stuck
- get stuck
- stick
- …
zip/zipper + noun
- closure
- fastener
preposition
- with a zip
[uncountable] (informal) energy or speed能量；速度
(also zippo)
[singular] (especially North American English, informal) nothing零；没有；毫无
- We won four zip (= 4–0).我们以四比零获胜。
- He said zip all evening.整个晚上他一声不吭。

Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.

verb

/zɪp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they zip	/zɪp/ /zɪp/
he / she / it zips	/zɪps/ /zɪps/
past simple zipped	/zɪpt/ /zɪpt/
past participle zipped	/zɪpt/ /zɪpt/
-ing form zipping	/ˈzɪpɪŋ/ /ˈzɪpɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] to fasten clothes, bags, etc. with a zip拉上拉链
- zip something I zipped and buttoned my jacket.我把夹克的拉链拉上，系好扣子。
- zip somebody/yourself into something The children were safely zipped into their sleeping bags.孩子们都安安稳稳地躺在睡袋里，拉链也给他们拉好了。
- She zipped herself into a black evening gown.她拉上拉链，穿上黑色晚礼服。
- zip something + adj. He zipped his case shut.他拉上了箱子的拉锁。
compare unzip
[intransitive] zip (up/together) to be fastened with a zip用拉链锁上
- The sleeping bags can zip together.这些睡袋可用拉链连起来。
[intransitive, transitive] zip (something) + adv./prep. (informal) to move very quickly or to make something move very quickly in the direction mentioned（使沿某方向）快速移动
- A sports car zipped past us.一辆跑车从我们身边呼啸而过。
[transitive] zip something (computing) to compress a file (= make it smaller)压缩（文件） opposite unzip

Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.