dipper

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪpə/|[ˈdɪpə]    美 /ˈdɪpə/|[ˈdɪpə]|/ˈdɪpɚ/|[ˈdɪpɚ] ~ [ˈdɪpɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
    — A chocolate dipper dips the cream centers into warm chocolate by hand; when taken out the creams are shaped [...]
  2. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
  3. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
  4. The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles. India,UK
  5. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
    — chicken dippers
  6. Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
  7. A pickpocket. slang
    — It is doubtful if the Victorian Londoner needed any warning, for the artful mobsmen, toolers, whizzers and dippers, together with their stickman accomplices, were everywhere in the crowds, in the underground, on railway trains […]
  8. A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them. historical
  9. A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea. historical
  10. A Baptist or Dunker. historical,informal
  11. A delivery bowled that curves into or away from the batter before pitching.
  12. an Indian-born immigrant residing in Western countries, often born in the 1990s or later India,North,South-Asia,derogatory,offensive

词形变化

dippers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
birds of the genus Cinclus Cyprus dipper white-throated dipper European dipper brown dipper Cinclus pallasii American dipper Cinclus mexicanus white-capped dipper Cinclus leucocephalus rufous-throated dipper Cinclus schulzii cup-shaped vessel with a handle Big Dipper dipperful Little Dipper dipper well fanny dipper faster than a minnow can swim a dipper honey dipper quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper robin dipper skinny dipper skinny-dipper

词源

From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er.
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