kip

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 kĭp

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed. Ireland,UK,informal
  2. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. countable,uncountable
  3. A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
  4. A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up. Australia
    — Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.
  5. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
  6. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
  7. A bundle or set of such hides. countable,uncountable
  8. Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,informal
    — I’m just going for my afternoon kip.
  9. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. Scotland
  10. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
  11. A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  12. A very untidy house or room. Ireland,UK,informal
  13. A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds. nonstandard,rare
  14. The leather made from such hide. countable,uncountable
    — 'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.'
  15. A brothel. Ireland,UK,dated,informal
动词 v.
  1. To perform the kip maneuver. intransitive
  2. To snatch; take up hastily; filch Northern-England,Scotland,dialectal,transitive
  3. To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity. UK,informal
    — Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.
  4. To hold or keep (together) intransitive,obsolete
  5. To conduct oneself; act Northern-England,dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
kipskin kip-shop kipsy glide kip kip-up

词源

词源 1
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”).
词源 2
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
词源 3
From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”) or Middle Dutch kippen (“to grasp, seize, catch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”). Perhaps conflated with some senses of Middle English kepen (“to keep, observe, guard, take possession of, snatch”) (see keep).
词源 4
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.
词源 5
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kīp).
词源 6
Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).
词源 7
From kip (“sleep, lie down”).
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