tipping

英 [ˈtɪpɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɪpɪŋ]

v.  (使)倾斜，翻覆; 倒出; 倾倒; 倾覆; 轻触; 轻碰
tip的现在分词

现在分词：tipping　

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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 末梢;尖端;顶端
  Thetipof something long and narrow is the end of it.
  1. The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers...
     袖子遮住了他的手，一直盖到指尖。
  2. She poked and shifted things with the tip of her walking stick...
     她用手杖尖翻拨挪动东西。
  3. Hurricane Andrew has passed over the southern tip of Florida.
     飓风“安德鲁”已越过佛罗里达州南端。
• V-ERG (使)倾斜;(使)斜侧
  If youtipan object or part of your body or if ittips, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.
  1. He leaned away from her, and she had to tip her head back to see him...
     他倾着身子避开她，她不得不把头向后歪着看他。
  2. A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip...
     一个小男孩正站在凳子上，伸手够一个曲奇罐子，凳子眼看就要歪了。
  3. The north pole is slightly tipped towards the sun.
     北极略微向太阳倾斜。
• VERB 倾倒;倒出
  If youtipsomething somewhere, you pour it there.
  1. Tip the vegetables into a bowl...
     把蔬菜倒进碗里。
  2. She took out the plate, stared blankly at the dried-up food on it, and tipped it into the bin…
     她拿出盘子，茫然地望着上面已经干掉的食物，然后把它倒进了垃圾桶。
  3. Tip away the salt and wipe the pan.
     把盐倒掉，把锅擦净。
• VERB 扔掉,倒掉(垃圾)
  Totiprubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere.
  1. ...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills...
     在废弃物填埋场倾倒垃圾的成本
  2. How do you stop people tipping?...
     你怎样阻止人们乱倒垃圾呢？
  3. We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere.
     我们住在离索霍路不远的一条街上，那里到处都是乱倒的垃圾。

in AM, use 美国英语用 dump


• N-COUNT 垃圾场
  Atipis a place where rubbish is left.
  1. Officers had found a large bread knife on the rubbish tip…
     警察在垃圾场发现了一把很大的面包刀。
  2. I took a load of rubbish and grass cuttings to the tip.
     我把一堆垃圾与修剪下的碎草运到了垃圾场。

in AM, use 美国英语用 garbage dump


• N-COUNT 脏乱的场所
  If you describe a place asa tip, you mean it is very untidy.
  1. The flat is an absolute tip.
     这套公寓简直就是个垃圾场。
• VERB 给…小费
  If youtipsomeone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money in order to thank them for their services.
  1. Do you really think it's customary to tip the waiters?...
     你真的认为给侍者小费是约定俗成的吗？
  2. She tipped the barmen 10 dollars and bought drinks all round.
     她给了吧台服务员 10 美元小费，还请在场的所有人喝了酒。
• N-COUNT 小费
  If you give atipto someone such as a waiter in a restaurant, you give them some money to thank them for their services.
  1. I gave the barber a tip...
     我给了理发师小费。
  2. The Head Porter was keeping all the tips.
     行李员领班扣留了所有人的小费。
• N-COUNT 诀窍;忠告;指导
  Atipis a useful piece of advice.
  1. It shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs.
     它说明了如何准备简历，并就如何申请职位提了些建议。
  2. …tips for busy managers…
     给繁忙的经理们的忠告
  3. A good tip is to buy the most expensive lens you can afford.
     建议购买能负担得起的最贵的镜头。
• VERB 认定…会(做某事或获得成功)
  If a personis tipped todo something oris tipped forsuccess at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success.
  1. He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister...
     他被认定会成为该国下一任外交部长。
  2. He was widely tipped for success.
     大家都认定他会成功。
• N-COUNT (对赛马、比赛结果的)预测，内幕消息
  Someone'stipfor a race or competition is their advice on its likely result, especially to someone who wants to bet money on the result.
  1. I've a tip for the races…
     我有一条关于赛马比赛的内部消息。
  2. United are still my tip for the Title.
     我仍然认定联队会夺冠。
• PHRASE (事物的)端倪，表面一小部分，冰山一角
  If you say that a problem isthe tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
  1. Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.
     除非我们都加倍小心，否则死者的人数会比现在多得多。
• PHRASE 使占优势
  If somethingtips the scalesortips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
  1. Today's slightly shorter race could well help to tip the scales in his favour...
     今天距离稍短的赛跑可能会对他占据优势大有助益。
  2. If the trial were evenly poised the newspapers might tip the balance against them.
     如果选拔赛双方打平，报界可能会使形势朝着不利于他们的方向倾斜。
• PHRASE 话到嘴边(却没说出来)
  If a comment or question ison the tip ofyourtongue, you really want to say it or ask it, but you decide not to say it.
  1. It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out...
     马奥尼想说老板出去了，话到嘴边却没说出口。
  2. A sarcastic remark was on the tip of her tongue.
     挖苦的话到了她嘴边却没说出来。

双语例句

• But if you are nearing the caffeine tipping point, it might be a rule worth considering.
  但如果你体内的咖啡因含量已接近临界值，可能就要好好考虑清楚了。
• I felt like a cheapskate, tipping the waitress only one dollar.
  我觉得自己太抠门了，只给了女服务员一美元作小费。
• I'm not tipping you till I know how your service is.
  没见过你的服务水平我是不会给小费的。
• In virtually every case, tolerance eventually hit a tipping point, triggering conflict, hatred, and violence.
  几乎在所有事例中，宽容最终会触及一个临界点，从而引发冲突、仇恨和暴力。
• I think my mom deserves to know, but fear it would be the tipping point.
  我认为妈妈应该知道，但我害怕这会成为一个导火索。
• Therefore you can encounter and experience almost any lifestyle and culture, including eating out and tipping and smoking.
  因此，你能看见和经历几乎任何生活方式和文化，包括外出就餐、小费和吸烟问题。
• We also face the specter of nonlinear tipping points that may cause much more severe changes.
  我们还面临另一个幽灵，那就是非线性的气候引爆点，这会带来许多严重得多的变化。
• Now, a tipping point has arrived.
  现在，扭转乾坤的时机到了。
• He's been tipping off my marks for two months.
  他搅了我的市场两个月了。
• Wedge the cabinet at the base to keep it from tipping.
  在橱底插入楔子不让它倾倒。