dipper

Word family noundipperdippingdipstickverbdip

Related topics: Birds, Utensils

dip·per /ˈdɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1. HBBa small bird that finds its food in streams 河乌〔在小溪中觅食的一种小鸟〕

2. DFUa large spoon with a long handle, used for taking liquid out of a container 长柄勺

→ big dipper

Examples from the Corpus

dipper• Served with a dipper pot of seafood sauce and brown bread and butter.• The descent, like a big dipper, is exhilarating but perfectly safe.• And the result is endlessly fascinating for dippers, with the kind of information included you simply can't find anywhere else.• On many upland streams a large boulder will often be the chosen perching spot of the dipper.• Then the dipper birds would come wheeling over the dunes, skimming the foam, light as dry leaves.• Here I would see many interesting birds, but the most attractive to me was the dipper.• The dipper is a typical bird of upland rivers and one species we had very much hoped to see.• As you travel eastward the route joins the River Almond where dippers and herons are familiar sights.

the DipperDipper, then (also the Big Dipper) noun American EnglishAmE

na name sometimes used for the constellation (=group of stars) called the Plough

词汇	dipper
释义	dipper Word family noundipperdippingdipstickverbdip Related topics: Birds, Utensils dip·per /ˈdɪpə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] 1. HBBa small bird that finds its food in streams 河乌〔在小溪中觅食的一种小鸟〕 2. DFUa large spoon with a long handle, used for taking liquid out of a container 长柄勺 → big dipper Examples from the Corpus dipper• Served with a dipper pot of seafood sauce and brown bread and butter.• The descent, like a big dipper, is exhilarating but perfectly safe.• And the result is endlessly fascinating for dippers, with the kind of information included you simply can't find anywhere else.• On many upland streams a large boulder will often be the chosen perching spot of the dipper.• Then the dipper birds would come wheeling over the dunes, skimming the foam, light as dry leaves.• Here I would see many interesting birds, but the most attractive to me was the dipper.• The dipper is a typical bird of upland rivers and one species we had very much hoped to see.• As you travel eastward the route joins the River Almond where dippers and herons are familiar sights. the DipperDipper, then (also the Big Dipper) noun American EnglishAmE na name sometimes used for the constellation (=group of stars) called the Plough
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