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| 1 | C informal a quick swim 游泳 |
| go for/take/have a dip Let’ s take a dip in the pool to cool off. 我们在游泳池里游一会儿泳凉快一下吧。 |
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| 2 | C a reduction in the amount or level of something 减少；下降 |
| +in The dip in the share price wiped ￡36.8 million off the value of the company yesterday. 昨天股票价格下跌使公司的价值缩水了3680万英镑。 |
| take a dip The President’ s popularity took a dip before the election. 总统的声望在选举前有所下降。 |
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| 3 | C/U a thick cold sauce for dipping pieces of food into before eating them （用食物蘸着吃的）调味酱 |
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| 4 | C a place in a surface that is lower than the surrounding area 凹坑 |
| +in There’ s a dip in the road. 路上有个凹坑。 |
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| 5 | C/U a liquid chemical used for killing insects on an animal’ s skin （动物药浴用的）药液 |
| sheep dip 药浴绵羊用药液 |
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| 6 | C a short period of reading a book or watching or listening to a programme 翻阅；浏览；稍微听听 |
| The programme offers a weekly dip into the BBC archives. 这个节目每周播放英国广播公司档案馆概览。 |
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| 7 | C AMERICAN offensive a stupid person 傻瓜；笨蛋 |
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