dipper
/dip-er/US // ˈdɪp ər //UK // (ˈdɪpə) //
北斗七星,北斗星,瓢虫,北斗星君
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n.名词 noun
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- : a person or thing that dips.
- : a cuplike container with a long handle, used for dipping liquids.
- : Astronomy. Big Dipper. Little Dipper.
- : Ornithology.Also called water ouzel. any small, stocky diving bird of the family Cinclidae, related to the thrushes, especially Cinclus aquaticus of Europe and C. mexicanus of western North America, having dense, oilyplumage and frequenting rapid streams and rivers.
- : South Midland and Southern U.S. a person who uses snuff.
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Examples
Most people smoke a dipper and chill, but I would smoke like six a night.
"No sabby lead chop till ploddem withee dipper," explained the Chinaman, imperturbably.
Taking a long-handled dipper, Arthur half-filled it with the bait and threw it as far as he could out toward the school of fish.
Like a flash she darted across to the house, caught up a dipper and filled it from the water-pail.
And whenever at work he happened to spy At chink or crevice a blinking eye, He let the dipper of water fly.
He is the only member of the dipper family in North America.
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