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a small piece of advice about something practical 指点；实用的提示 - tip on/for doing something
handy tips for buying a computer 购买电脑几点有用的提示 - tip on/for something
useful tips on how to save money 几个省钱的窍门儿 - (British English, informal)
Here are my top tips for interview success. 以下是我面试成功的几个秘诀。 The blog offered various beauty tips. 该博客提供了各种美容建议。 His money tips and tricks could save a typical family up to £6 000 a year. 他的省钱妙招可以为一个普通家庭每年节省6 000英镑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicea2Follow these tips to improve your communication skills. 按照这些指点做以提高你的沟通技巧。 I picked up some useful tips from my ski instructor. 我从滑雪教练那里得到一些有用的指点。 Take a safety tip from me—get that light fixed! 听我一句安全建议吧 － 找人修修那盏灯！ Share your gardening tips with other readers. 与其他读者分享你的园艺技巧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- tip on/for doing something
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a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race （尤指有关赛马的）内幕消息，指点 a hot tip for the big race 赛马大赛的最新内幕消息
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
- (North American English) (also tip-off especially in British English)(informal)
secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen or has happened 举报；密报；线报 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
- have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
- tip for
- tip on
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a small amount of extra money that you give to somebody, for example somebody who serves you in a restaurant 小费；小账 to leave a tip 留小费 He gave the waiter a generous tip. 他给了服务员很多小费。 Someone put a dollar in the tip jar. 有人在小费罐里放了一块钱。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Cooking and eatingb1He left the waitress a large tip. 他给女服务员留了很多小费。 We get fewer tips on weeknights. 周一至周五的晚上我们收到的小费少些。 Are we supposed to leave a tip? 我们要留小费吗？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
- …
- give somebody
- leave somebody
- get
- …
the thin, pointed end of something 尖端；尖儿；端 the tips of your fingers 手指尖 the tip of your nose 你的鼻尖 the northern tip of the island 岛的北端
Extra ExamplesThe cat was black except for a patch of white on the very tip of its tail. 那只猫通身黑色，只有尾巴尖儿上有点儿白。 He ran the tips of his fingers over the bruise. 他的指尖划过瘀伤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
a small part that fits on or over the end of something （装在顶端的）小部件 a walking stick with a rubber tip 带橡皮头的手杖
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
- tip of
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a place where you can take rubbish and leave it 垃圾场；垃圾堆 - (British English, informal, disapproving)
an untidy place 脏乱的地方 see also hat tip
advice建议
extra money额外的钱
end of something末端
for rubbish垃圾
untidy place脏乱处
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to the noun top. noun senses 3 to 5 late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin, influenced later by tip in the sense ‘touch with a tip or point’. Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent. noun senses 6 to 7 early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘give, hand, pass’): probably from tip ‘thin pointed end of something’.
Idioms
on the tip of your tongue
if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it 话在嘴边上（却一时想不起来）
the tip of the iceberg
only a small part of a much larger problem （问题的）冰山一角 This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported. 这个数字只是冰山一角，因为多达90%的病例没有报告。