vt.

1. 浸；泡[（+in/into）]
2. 把（手等）伸入[（+into）]
   She dipped her finger in the water to see if it's hot.

   她把手指浸入水中，看水熱不熱。

3. 舀取，汲出[（+out/up）]
   She dipped up soup from the pot with a ladle.

   她用勺從鍋裡舀湯。

4. 浸染；浸洗
5. 把……下降後即行升起

vi.

1. 浸一下
2. 下沉，下降
   Meat prices are dipping.

   肉類價格在下跌。

3. 傾斜
4. 舀，掏[（+into）]
   She dipped into her purse for money.

   她在錢包中掏錢。

n.

1. 浸泡；蘸濕[C]
2. 傾斜；下沉[C]
   The road takes a dip round the corner.

   那條路在轉角處往下傾斜。

3. （價格的）下跌[C]
   The price of grain took a dip.

   糧食價格下跌。

4. 【口】洗澡[C]
   We are going for a dip in the sea.

   我們去洗個海水浴。

5. 浸泡動物（的藥水）[C][U]
6. 調味汁[C]
7. 蠟燭[C]

v.

1. (dip something in/into) put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).
   ▸make (a candle) by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax.
2. sink, drop, or slope downwards.
   ▸(of a level or amount) temporarily become lower or smaller.
   ▸lower or move downwards.
   ▸Brit. lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights).
3. (dip into) put a hand or implement into (a bag or container) in order to take something out.
   ▸spend from or make use of (one's financial resources).
4. (dip out) Austral./NZ informal fail.

n.

1. an act of dipping, especially a brief swim.
2. a thick sauce in which pieces of food are dipped before eating.
3. a brief downward slope followed by an upward one.
   ▸an instance of dropping briefly before rising again.
4. the angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field.
   ▸Geology  the angle a stratum makes with the horizontal.
   ▸Astronomy  & Surveying  the apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth.
5. N. Amer. informal a stupid or foolish person.