/dɪp ||; dɪp/verb (
dipping;dipped)
1 [T] dip sth (into sth);dip sth (in) to put sth into liquid and immediately take it out again （蜻蜓点水式）浸一下；蘸: Julie dipped her toe into the pool to see how cold it was. 朱莉把脚趾伸进游泳池的水里看有多冷。
2 [I,T] to go down or make sth go down to a lower level 往下；降低: The road suddenly dipped down to the river. 这条路突然向河的方向倾斜。The company's sales have dipped disastrously this year. 公司今年的销售额大幅度下降。
dip into sth 1 to use part of an amount of sth that you have 动用（部份财物）: Tim had to dip into his savings to pay for his new suit. 蒂姆不得不动用储蓄来买那套新西装。
2 to read parts, but not all, of sth 浏览: I've only dipped into the book. I haven't read it all the way through. 这本书我只浏览了一下，并没有从头到尾看。