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- （亦作zip fastener）chiefly Brit. a device consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them, used to fasten garments, bags, and other items〈主英〉拉链。
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- as modifier denoting something fastened by such a device（袋, 包等）用拉链扣住的：
a zip pocket.
用拉链扣住的口袋。
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- mass noun informal energy; vigour〈非正式〉活力, 精力, 元气：
he's full of zip.
他充满活力。
(亦作zippo)
- N. Amer. informal nothing at all〈北美, 非正式〉零, 什么都没有：
you got zip to do with me and my kind, buddy.
你跟我和我们这样的人毫不相干, 老弟。
verb
zipped, zipping
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- with obj. fasten with a zip用拉链扣上：
he zipped up his waterproof.
他拉上雨衣的拉链。
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zip someone up
fasten the zip of a garment that someone is wearing扣上外衣拉链：he zipped himself up.
他拉上外套拉链。
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- Computing compress (a file) so that it takes less space in storage【计算机】压缩（文件）。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal move at high speed〈非正式〉迅速移动：
swallows zipped back and forth across the lake.
燕子在湖上快速往返飞翔。
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- with obj. and adverbial cause to move or be delivered or dealt with rapidly使快速移动; 使快速发送, 使快速处理：
he zipped a pass out to his receiver.
他快速地把球传给队友。
词源
mid 19th cent.: imitative.