tip(tipped, tipped; tipping)

vt

1. 使倾翻；把…翻倒

• He accidentally tipped the bottle over. 他不小心弄翻了瓶子。

2. 倾倒；倾卸

• tip apple juice into a glass 把苹果汁倒入玻璃杯

3. 使倾斜

• Sit still and don't tip the chair back. 坐稳了，别把椅子往后靠。

4. 给小费

• I tipped the taxi driver. 我给了出租车司机小费。

• We tipped the waiter $10. 我们给了服务员10美元小费。

5. 常用被动 提及…可能获胜

• He has been widely tipped as the President's successor. 很多人认为他将继任总统。

6. 向…透露消息；给情报

• tip the police 向警方告密

• tip the plot 泄密

7. 覆盖…的顶端；在…上装尖头

• mountains tipped with snow 白雪皑皑的山顶

• a filter-tipped cigarette 过滤嘴香烟

词组tip sb. off 暗中通知某人

• Someone tipped off the police about the robbery. 有人事先向警方报告了有人要抢劫的消息

tip sb. the wink 见wink