dip

• vt. 浸，泡，蘸；舀取；把伸入
• vi. 浸；下降，下沉；倾斜；舀，掏
• n. 下沉，下降；倾斜；浸渍，蘸湿
• n. (Dip)人名；(尼)迪普

词源同deep,dive.

1. a depression in an otherwise level surface;

"there was a dip in the road"

2. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

3. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

4. tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

5. a brief immersion

6. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;

"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"

"there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"

"a dip in prices"

"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

7. a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

8. a brief swim in water

9. a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

dip

dip: [OE] Like deep, dip comes ultimately from a Germanic base *d(e)up- ‘deep, hollow’. The derived verb, *dupjan, produced Old English dyppan, ancestor of modern English dip. It originally meant quite specifically ‘immerse’ in Old English, sometimes with reference to baptism; the sense ‘incline downwards’ is a 17th-century development.
=> deep, dimple

dip (v.)

Old English dyppan "immerse, baptize by immersion," from Proto-Germanic *duppjan (cognates: Old Norse deypa "to dip," Danish døbe "to baptize," Old Frisian depa, Dutch dopen, German taufen, Gothic daupjan "to baptize"), related to Old English diepan "immerse, dip," and perhaps ultimately to deep. As a noun, from 1590s. Sense of "downward slope" is 1708. Meaning "sweet sauce for pudding, etc." first recorded 1825.

dip (n.)

"stupid person, eccentric person," 1920s slang, perhaps a back-formation from dippy. "Dipshit is an emphatic form of dip (2); dipstick may be a euphemism or may reflect putative dipstick 'penis' " [DAS].

immerse, dip, duck, plunge, submerge

这些动词均有"沉浸，浸入"之意。

immerse： 侧重全部被液体所覆盖，也可用于比喻意义。

dip： 指部分地、暂时地或轻微地放进液体，多暗示一种谨慎或试探性的动作。

duck： 指把头伸进水中，或指游泳时开玩笑地把一个人的头按入水中。

plunge： 暗示迅速而有力的动作，但浸入不一定很深。

submerge： 指长时间的完全浸入、潜入，强调浸入液体深层。

Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.

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But while the number of advertisements may have dipped, there has been a rapid spread of eco-labeling.

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Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

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The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.

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After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.

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While the school usually graduated about 90% of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63% by 2007.

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As for us, we've started using our plane time as a work-free zone, and thus time to dip into the recovery phase.

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Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

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It's become natural to check facts as I write, taking a minute or two to dip into pubmed, wikipedia, or other websites.

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"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

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Let's go for a dip before breakfast.

我们早饭前去游一会儿泳吧。

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He dipped the brush into the paint.

他拿画笔蘸了蘸颜料。

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Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.

把手伸进去看看水有多热。

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The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.

这水果蘸过巧克力酱。

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The sun dipped below the horizon.

太阳落到地平线下了。

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Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.

本季度销售额从3 870万下降到3 300万。

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The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.

我们快到城里时道路陡然下斜。

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The plane dipped its wings.

机翼向下倾斜。

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She dipped into her purse and took out some coins.

她从钱包里掏出一些硬币。

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I have only had time to dip into the report.

这份报告我来不及细看，只是草草浏览了一遍。

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We took out a loan for the car because we didn't want to dip into our savings.

因为不想动用存款，我们申请了一笔贷款买汽车。

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This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.

这幅图片显示的是从一辆使用正常近光灯的汽车上所看到的景色。

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...a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Buddhism.

博览佛教群书的机会

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Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.

正当她准备动用自己的存款时，格雷格赶来给她救了急。

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He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van...

当他们靠近一辆缓慢行驶的货车时，他把汽车前灯调成了近光。

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...prawns with avocado dip.

配鳄梨酱的对虾

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She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool.

用在泳池里游一阵后歇一阵的几个空当，她翻完了一本平装本言情小说。

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Maybe we could just buy some dips.

或许我们可以只买一点儿蘸酱。

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They dip the food into the sauce...

他们把食物放到调味汁里蘸了蘸。

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Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.

把底部在冷水中快速地浸一下后拿出来。

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She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out...

她把手伸进糖果罐，摸出了一颗糖。

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Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot...

把手伸进锅里时当心你的手指头。

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Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight...

布莱克很熟练地跳上了船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉了沉。

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The sun dipped below the horizon.

太阳落到了地平线下。

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The road dipped and rose again.

道路陡然沉下去又升上来。

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...a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel.

突然下降进入一条隧道的小路

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Their father was helping to dip the sheep.

他们的父亲在帮忙给羊群洗药浴。

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...sheep dip.

羊群用的药浴液

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Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month...

上个月失业率降到了 6.9%。

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The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.

由于支持率有所下降，总统变得更加谨慎了。

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