亚洲网紅露点

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zip

1

[ zip ]

noun

  1. a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
  2. Informal. energy; vim; vigor:

    Wow, you've got zip today鈥攖oo much coffee this morning?

    Synonyms: , , , ,



verb (used without object)

zipped, zipping.
  1. to move with a zipping sound.
  2. Informal. to act or move with speed or energy:

    I'll just zip upstairs.

verb (used with object)

Informal.
zipped, zipping.
  1. to convey with speed and energy:

    I'll zip you downtown on my motorcycle.

  2. to add vitality or zest to (usually followed by up ):

    A little garlic zips up a salad.

zip

2

[ zip ]

verb (used with object)

zipped, zipping.
  1. to fasten or unfasten with a zipper: Zip open the traveling case.

    Zip your jacket.

    Zip open the traveling case.

  2. to enclose or free by doing up or undoing a zipper:

    Zip this money into your wallet. Zip me out of my dress.

  3. Computers. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it.

verb (used without object)

zipped, zipping.
  1. to become fastened or unfastened by means of a zipper:

    a handy purse that zips shut.

  2. to do up or undo a zipper.

adjective

  1. utilizing or having a zipper:

    a coat with a zip front.

  2. Computers. of or relating to a method of file compression:

    a zip file.

zip

3

[ zip ]

noun

  1. zero or nothing:

    The score of last night's hockey game was 4鈥搝ip.

verb (used with object)

zipped, zipping.
  1. (in sports) to defeat by keeping an opponent from scoring:

    The home team was zipped again yesterday.

zip

4

[ zip ]

noun

Zip

5

[ zip ]

Trademark.
  1. a floppy disk form of storage for computer data with a capacity of 100鈥750 MB, used primarily in the 1990s:

    a Zip drive;

    a Zip disk.

Zip

1

/ 锄瑟辫 /

noun

  1. an electric water heater
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

zip

2

/ 锄瑟辫 /

noun

    1. Also calledzip fastener a fastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are interlocked by a sliding tab US and Canadian termzipper
    2. modifier having or equipped with such a device

      a zip bag

  1. a short sharp whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet
  2. informal.
    energy; vigour; vitality
  3. slang.
    nothing
  4. slang.
    sport nil
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. troften foll byup to fasten (clothing, a bag, etc) with a zip
  2. intr to move with a zip

    the bullet zipped past

  3. intr; often foll by along, through, etc to hurry; rush

    they zipped through town

  4. tr computing to compress (a file) in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store it or to make sending it electronically quicker
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 锄颈辫顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of zip1

First recorded in 1850鈥55; imitative of the sound

Origin of zip2

An Americanism dating back to 1935鈥40; back formation from zipper

Origin of zip3

First recorded in 1895鈥1900; Americanism; apparently an expressive word, with z- of zero; zilch

Origin of zip4

By ellipsis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of zip1

C19: of imitative origin
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But the satellites are common enough these days that they often zip through the field of view of astronomers' telescopes, and their radio signals interfere with the signals used by those telescopes.

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This cascade goes on until LEO is filled with shrapnel zipping around at intense speed.

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Thorne played the Girl and Rourke played the Sheriff, leaving one to wonder how the metal grinder and zip ties came into the picture.

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He zips around in it, navigating from one location to the next.

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The zip was gone from his game, the smile was gone from his face.

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