tipple

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪpəl/    美 /ˈtɪpəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal. countable
  2. An apparatus for unloading railroad freight cars by tipping them; the place where this is done. countable
    — Alternative form: tippler
  3. Any alcoholic drink. countable,slang,uncountable
    — The comedian would have divers bottles of tipple hidden under bushes and in crannies around his house, and would select guests to embark on his idea of a treasure hunt.
动词 v.
  1. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
  2. To drink too much alcohol. ambitransitive
  3. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess. intransitive
    — Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets.
  4. To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it. transitive
  5. To fall over; to topple. intransitive
    — The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth.

词形变化

tipples plural tipples present,singular,third-person tippling participle,present tippled participle,past tippled past

词汇关系

衍生词
tippler tipply

词源

词源 1
Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
词源 2
Unknown but possibly from a Scandinavian source (see Norwegian tipla), or from tip + -le.
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