tipper
名词 n.
英 /ˈtɪpə(ɹ)/
美 /ˈtɪpɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity.
— The Americans are among the most generous tippers in the world.
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A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well.
— a pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper
- A small moustache.
- A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck, tipper lorry, or dump truck.
- A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them.
- One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster.
- A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of livestock; a horn tipper.
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A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter).
— The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.
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词源 1
Etymology tree
English tip
English -er
English tipper
From tip + -er.
English tip
English -er
English tipper
From tip + -er.
词源 2
So called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.
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