Word · Frequency #2631
tipped
给小费
tipped is the past of tip.
to give someone a small amount of money for their service; to give a gratuity to
- 1.
To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
提供小费；覆盖尖端
- 2.
To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
通过倾斜使容器的内容物倒出
- 3.
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
给小费,尤其是给提供服务的员工
- 4.
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
向某人提供私人信息；告知线索或秘密知识
- 5.
To dump (refuse).
倾倒(垃圾)
- 6.
To give, pass.
给予,传递
- 7.
To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
用手指,尤其是指尖拨动
把…倒出来；使倾斜倒空；向…透露消息；给…通风报信；倾倒（垃圾）；丢弃；给…装尖端；包住…末端；用手指轻拨；轻触使变向
In use
I tipped the waiter 15% because the service was excellent.
She always tips the hairdresser before she leaves.
Would you tip the taxi driver if the ride was short?
Verb forms
base tip · third person tips · -ing tipping · past tipped · past participle tipped
Connections
Collocations
- tip the waiter
- 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。
- tip generously
- 慷慨地给小费
- She always tips generously at restaurants.她在餐厅总是慷慨地给小费。
- tip over
- 打翻；使翻倒
- The wind tipped over the beach umbrella.风把沙滩伞吹倒了。
- tip out
- 倒出；倒掉
- He tipped the old coffee out of the pot.他把壶里的旧咖啡倒掉了。
- tip off
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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