tip the waiter
collocation给服务员小费
We should tip the waiter at least 15 percent.
我们至少应该给服务员百分之十五的小费。
给小费
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给小费
to give someone a small amount of money for their service; to give a gratuity to
I tipped the waiter 15% because the service was excellent.
我给了服务员15%的小费，因为服务非常好。
提供小费；覆盖尖端
To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
通过倾斜使容器的内容物倒出
To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
给小费,尤其是给提供服务的员工
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
向某人提供私人信息；告知线索或秘密知识
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
tip
Base
原形
tips
3rd person
第三人称单数
tipping
-ing
现在分词
tipped
Past
过去式
tipped
Past participle
过去分词
He tips the waiter generously.
他大方地给服务员小费。
She tipped over the glass accidentally.
她不小心打翻了杯子。
They are tipping the scales in their favor.
他们正在使天平向自己倾斜。
She always tips the hairdresser before she leaves.
她总是在离开前给理发师小费。
Would you tip the taxi driver if the ride was short?
如果车程很短，你会给出租车司机小费吗？
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给服务员小费
We should tip the waiter at least 15 percent.
我们至少应该给服务员百分之十五的小费。
慷慨地给小费
She always tips generously at restaurants.
她在餐厅总是慷慨地给小费。
打翻；使翻倒
The wind tipped over the beach umbrella.
风把沙滩伞吹倒了。
倒出；倒掉
He tipped the old coffee out of the pot.
他把壶里的旧咖啡倒掉了。
向…泄露消息；告密
Someone tipped off the burglars about the police raid.
有人向窃贼透露了警察突袭的消息。
起决定性作用；扭转局势
Her experience tipped the scales in her favor.
她的经验使形势对她有利。
向某人通风报信；暗中警告
Someone tipped off the press about the meeting.
有人向媒体透露了这次会议的消息。
泄露意图；亮出底牌
Don't tip your hand too early in a negotiation.
谈判中别太早亮出底牌。
把世界侧翻过来，所有零散的东西都会落到洛杉矶。
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright said this as a witty jab at Los Angeles, suggesting the city attracts rootless, drifting people.
美国建筑师弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特以此幽默地调侃洛杉矶，说这座城市吸引着漂泊无根的人。
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tip像服务员端着盘子倾斜(tip)倒出饮料，客人给点小费(tip)，一词两用记牢。
语域：mixed 常见场景：restaurant service、everyday physical actions、waste collection、news or police investigations 作动词时，tip 的用法根据搭配变化：在服务场所通常指给小费；日常口语里指使容器倾斜倒空；垃圾处理语境指倾倒；tip off 则指透露消息。实际使用需通过宾语或介词搭配判断。
These words all rhyme with tip: they share the stressed vowel /ɪ/ followed by final /p/. Beware lookalikes such as tape /teɪp/ and type /taɪp/, which end in -p but have different vowel sounds and therefore do not rhyme with tip.
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