Word · Frequency #1452
lip
用嘴唇触碰；亲吻
核心释义
To touch or hold something with the lips; to kiss.
- 1.
用嘴唇触碰或含住；亲吻；用嘴唇舔(某物)。
To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- 2.
轻触。
To touch lightly.
- 3.
冲刷表面；拍打。
To wash against a surface, lap.
- 4.
上升或流淌到某物边缘或溢出。
To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- 5.
形成某物的边缘、边或界线。
To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
- 6.
用言语说出。
To utter verbally.
- 7.
仅动嘴唇而不发声来模拟说话；做口型。
To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- 8.
使高尔夫球碰到洞边而未落入。
To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- 9.
通过移动或绷紧嘴唇改变(管乐器上音符)的声音。
To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
做口型；（波浪等）冲刷；拍打；漫过；溢出；轻触；形成…的边缘
用法In use
She lipped the words "thank you" through the window.
用法提示：此处 lip 为动词，表示不出声地用口型说出意思。
Before the race, he lipped a countdown to his friend.
用法提示：lip 作动词，指仅动嘴唇而不发声地模拟说出内容。
The actor lipped his lines silently during rehearsal.
用法提示：lip 在这里是动词，表示用口型默读或默念台词。
lip sth
此义表示用嘴唇轻触某物，书面色彩较强，不一定指亲吻。
She lipped the edge of the glass before taking a sip.
她先用嘴唇碰了碰杯沿，然后喝了一小口。
lip the words
常与 words、lyrics 等搭配，强调只动嘴唇、不发声音。
He lipped the words of the song without making a sound.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lip out
- （高尔夫球）擦洞边滑出而未进洞
- Her birdie putt lipped out on the final hole.她的小鸟推在最后一洞擦洞边滑出，没能进洞。
- lip the hole
- （高尔夫球）擦过洞边
- The ball lipped the hole but refused to drop.球擦过洞边，就是不肯落进去。
- lip the shore
- （水、波浪）轻拍岸边
- Soft waves lipped the shore all evening.整个傍晚，轻柔的波浪轻拍着岸边。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- bite one's lip
- 忍住不说话；强忍着不笑或少说为妙I wanted to correct him, but I bit my lip and said nothing.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
LIP三个字母：l像上唇线，i像嘴角，p像撅起的嘴，记成“用嘴唇轻碰或亲吻”；发音/lɪp/短而轻，正像轻吻一下。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary description、poetry and descriptive prose、golf、brass instrument practice lip 作动词时用法比较分散：用嘴唇碰触或亲吻，以及波浪冲刷、拍打岸岸等义，通常带有文学描写色彩，多见于书面叙述或诗歌；做口型、管乐吹奏等义常见于相应场景；高尔夫中表示球擦洞边也多在赛事报道里出现。整体上日常口语中不太常用，语域依搭配和场景而变，因此视为混合。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于文学或正式语体，表示用唇触碰、轻拍（水浪）或说出（话）等。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
hip、slip、trip、ship、clip 都以 /ɪp/ 收尾，重读元音和后面的音与 lip /lɪp/ 完全一致，所以都和 lip 押韵；它们的拼写也都是 -ip。注意 leap /liːp/ 只是长得像：它的元音是长音 /iː/，不是 /ɪ/，因此并不和 lip 押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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