sip

Các nghĩa

1. hớp

   To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

   transitive

   A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.

   bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

2. nhấp

   To drink a small quantity.

   intransitive

   [She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.

3. nếm

   To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

   transitive

   They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.

4. uống từ từ

   To consume slowly.

   figuratively · transitive

   It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.

   Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.

Dạng khác

• sips present, singular, third-person
• sipping participle, present
• sipped participle, past

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