Verb Master 動詞達人

【金錢動詞】Tip (給小費、透漏、傾斜、加尖頭)

神明向小英「透漏(tip off)」玄機，「武則天坐天」，台灣將出女總統，蘋果日報日前卻「透漏(tip off)」，洪秀柱支持度破50%遠勝蔡英文近一倍，不論如何，2016年出女總統似乎是全民「可望 - be tipped」：
They were tipped as Taiwan first female President.
(她們都極有可望成為台灣第一位女總統)

今天主題 Tip：
給小費、透漏、傾斜、加尖頭

動詞「給小費」- tip someone
I tipped the waitress $1 for her poor service.
(服務太差，我只給女服生一塊錢小費)

動詞「可望成為」- be tipped as...
當某人被tipped as something，表示他「極有可能」成為something：
He was tipped to become a future champion.
(他很有機會成為未來的冠軍)
Hillary was tipped as first female President of the US.
(希拉蕊極可能成為美國第一位女總統)

動詞「傾斜」= tip up
to tip the head to the side (把頭斜一邊)

 
to tip the hat (把帽子往前拉一點、點帽致意)

 
to tip the chair back on its rear legs (把椅子往後斜倒)

 
to tip pills out of a bottle. (把藥從瓶子裡倒出來)

動詞「加尖頭」
gold-tipped nails (金色指甲尖)
silver-tipped walking stick (銀頭拐杖)

成語：Tip the Balance, Tip the Scales
打破平衡、起絕對作用
Three more votes will tip the balance in favor of me.
(只要多三張票就能打破平衡對我有利)

片語 Tip Off，通風報信、洩漏消息
She tipped off the cops about my whereabouts.
(她向條子洩漏我的行蹤)
She tipped me off about how to get the job done.
(她向我透漏如何完成工作)

片語 Tip Off，籃球開球
The basketball game tips off at 7.
(籃球賽七點鐘開球)

片語 Tip Over，翻倒、弄翻
A man tips over. (人翻倒)
A car tips over. (翻車)
Tip over a boat. (弄翻船)
Tip over a drawer. (弄翻櫃子)
Tip over the Leaning Tower of Pisa (弄翻比薩斜塔)

片語 Tip Up, 傾斜
Tip up a wheelbarrow and dump garbage
(傾斜小推車倒垃圾)

 
Tip up the bottle and pour beer
(傾斜瓶子倒啤酒)