tip
noun /tɪp/
  /tɪp/
Idioms - a small piece of advice about something practical指点;实用的提示 -  tip on/for doing something handy tips for buying a computer购买电脑几点有用的提示 
-  tip on/for something useful tips on how to save money几个省钱的窍门儿 
-  (British English, informal) Here are my top tips for interview success.以下是我面试成功的几个秘诀。 
- The blog offered various beauty tips. 该博客提供了各种美容建议。 
- His money tips and tricks could save a typical family up to £6 000 a year. 他的省钱妙招可以为一个普通家庭每年节省6 000英镑。 
 Topics Suggestions and advicea2- Follow these tips to improve your communication skills.按照这些指点做以提高你的沟通技巧。 
- I picked up some useful tips from my ski instructor.我从滑雪教练那里得到一些有用的指点。 
- Take a safety tip from me—get that light fixed!听我一句安全建议吧 - 找人修修那盏灯! 
- Share your gardening tips with other readers.与其他读者分享你的园艺技巧。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
 - have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
 - tip for
- tip on
 
-  tip on/for doing something handy tips for buying a computer
- (informal) a secret or expert piece of advice about what the result of a competition, etc. is likely to be, especially about which horse is likely to win a race(尤指有关赛马的)内幕消息,指点 - a hot tip for the big race赛马大赛的最新内幕消息 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
 - have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
 - tip for
- tip on
 
- a hot tip for the big race
- (North American English) (also tip-off especially in British English)(informal) secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen or has happened举报;密报;线报 - The man was arrested after an anonymous tip.有人匿名举报后,那个人被抓了起来。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- handy
- helpful
- …
 - have
- give somebody
- offer (somebody)
- …
 - tip for
- tip on
 
- The man was arrested after an anonymous tip.
- a small amount of extra money that you give to somebody, for example somebody who serves you in a restaurant小费;小账 - to leave a tip留小费 
- He gave the waiter a generous tip.他给了服务员很多小费。 
- Someone put a dollar in the tip jar.有人在小费罐里放了一块钱。 
 Topics Moneyb1, Cooking and eatingb1- He left the waitress a large tip.他给女服务员留了很多小费。 
- We get fewer tips on weeknights.周一至周五的晚上我们收到的小费少些。 
- Are we supposed to leave a tip?我们要留小费吗? 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
- …
 - give somebody
- leave somebody
- get
- …
 
- to leave a tip
- the thin, pointed end of something尖端;尖儿;端 - the tips of your fingers手指尖 
- the tip of your nose你的鼻尖 
- the northern tip of the island岛的北端 
 - The cat was black except for a patch of white on the very tip of its tail.那只猫通身黑色,只有尾巴尖儿上有点儿白。 
- He ran the tips of his fingers over the bruise.他的指尖划过瘀伤。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
 - tip of
 
- the tips of your fingers
- a small part that fits on or over the end of something(装在顶端的)小部件 - a walking stick with a rubber tip带橡皮头的手杖 
 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- northern
- etc.
- pointed
- …
 - tip of
 
- a walking stick with a rubber tip
- (British English) a place where you can take rubbish and leave it垃圾场;垃圾堆 
- (British English, informal, disapproving) an untidy place脏乱的地方 - Their flat is a tip!他们的寓所简直是个猪窝! 
 see also hat tip
- Their flat is a tip!
advice建议 
extra money额外的钱 
end of something末端 
for rubbish垃圾 
untidy place脏乱处 
词源noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to the noun top. noun senses 3 to 5 late Middle English: perhaps of Scandinavian origin, influenced later by tip in the sense ‘touch with a tip or point’. Current senses of the noun date from the mid 19th cent. noun senses 6 to 7 early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘give, hand, pass’): probably from tip ‘thin pointed end of something’.
Idioms 
on the tip of your tongue 
- if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it话在嘴边上(却一时想不起来) 
the tip of the iceberg 
- only a small part of a much larger problem(问题的)冰山一角 - This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.这个数字只是冰山一角,因为多达90%的病例没有报告。 
 
- This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.