dipper
/ˈdɪpə(r)/noun
1
- a short-tailed songbird related to the wrens, frequenting fast-flowing streams and able to swim, dive, and walk under water to feed河乌。
1.1
- Family Cinclidae and genus Cinclus: five species, in particular the Eurasian (white-throated) dipper (C. cinclus).河乌科, 河乌属:5种, 尤指欧亚的河乌(拉丁名C. cinclus)。
2
- a ladle or scoop长柄勺; 戽斗。
3
- a person who immerses something in liquid浸染者, 浸涂者。
3.1
- archaic an informal term for a Baptist or Anabaptist.〈古, 非正式〉浸礼会教友; 再洗礼派教徒。