- n.
- 顶，尖端，梢，末端，倾斜，垃圾场，小费，轻击，指点，秘密消息
- vt.
- 装顶端，使倾斜，使翻倒，泄露，告诫，暗示，给...小费，轻击
- vi.
- 倾斜，翻倒，倾覆，踮脚走，给小费
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 tip
词源说明
From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps distantly related to top.
Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).
释义（英文）
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. [from 15th c.]
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. [from 15th c.]
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 tippen
- 源自 ←gmq
词源说明
From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.
释义（英文）
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. [(transitive) From early 14th c.] [(intransitive) From earlier 16th c.]
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. [from 17th c.]
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (transitive, slang, dated) To
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词源说明
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.
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词源说明
Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.
释义（英文）
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. [from mid-19th c.]
- A piece of advice.
- (law) A piece of information transmitted to law enforcement about a crime or other activity of interest.
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. [from late 19th c.]