kip

英 [kɪp] 美 [kɪp]

• n. 幼兽皮；<英>睡觉；普基（老挝货币基本单位）；千磅
• v. <英> 睡觉

英英释义

Noun:

1. sleep;

   "roused him from his kip"
   

2. the basic unit of money in Laos

3. a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

Verb:

1. be asleep

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I was feeling much better after a good night's kip.
   美美地睡了一夜后，我感到好多了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Every night during the summer thousands of young people kip out on the beaches.
   夏天每晚都有成千上万的年轻人在海滩上露宿。
2. Don't worry about a bed for me, I can kip down on the floor.
   不要替我操心床铺的事。我就睡在地板上好了。

经典引文

• I..kipped for a spell in the library. Nobody ever disturbed you there.

  出自： K. Amis

• He could never live in one place for long, preferring to kip down where he found himself.

  出自： M. Forster

词汇搭配

• have a kip 睡一觉
• chrome kip 铬鞣中牛革
• drop kip 后倒屈伸上
• back kip 后上
• circus kip 急振上
• kip out 在户外睡觉
• kip down 睡觉

近反义词

【近义词】

• sleep 睡觉
• nap 小睡
• snooze 打盹儿
• doze 打瞌睡
• forty winks 小睡
• slumber 睡眠
• catch some Z's 【俚】睡觉
• upstart 暴发户