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- something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity刺激; 刺激物; 刺激因素; 起促进作用的东西：
the halving of car tax would provide a fillip to sales.
汽车税减半会刺激销售。
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- archaic a movement made by bending the last joint of the finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger〈古〉（用手指的）轻弹, 轻击：
the Prince, by a fillip, made some of the wine fly in Oglethorpe's face.
王子用手指一弹, 把一些葡萄酒溅到了奥格尔索普脸上。
2.1
- a slight smart stroke or tap given in such a way轻抚; 轻拍; 轻敲; 轻叩。
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filliped, filliping
with obj. archaic propel (a small object) with a flick of the fingers〈古〉用手指轻弹（小物体）; 用手指轻击：our aforesaid merchant filliped a nut sharply against his bullying giant.
我们刚刚提到的那位商人朝着欺负他的大个子狠狠地弹出了一枚坚果。
1.1
- strike (someone or something) slightly and smartly轻击：
he filliped him over the nose.
他在他鼻子上轻击了一下。
1.2
- stimulate or urge (someone or something)刺激; 促进; 敦促; 激励：
pour, that the draught may fillip my remembrance.
斟茶, 但愿这口茶能唤起我的回忆。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'make a fillip with the fingers'）： symbolic; compare with FLICK, FILP1 .