tippy

FREQ #36568

a. 头等的, 容易倾斜的, 多绒尖的

发音

AU /ˈtɪpi/

词形变化

tippies 复数 tippies tippier 比较级 tippiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dandy.

    非正式 废旧 俚语

    Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.”

  2. 2.

    Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool.

    非正式 废旧 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Fashionable, tip-top.

    非正式 废旧 俚语
  2. 2.

    Clever, neat, smart.

    非正式 俚语
  3. 3.

    Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.

  4. 1.

    Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.

    加拿大 美国

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

tender crank cranky

近义相关 1

unstable

相关短语

tippy top tippy tap tippy tops tippy taps tippe top tippy-tap

词源

1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”).

来源：wiktionary