tip off

释义

1. tip sb off (about sth)

   暗中警告，私下告诫，密报（尤指非法的事情）

   to warn sb about sth that is going to happen, especially sth illegal

   Three men were arrested after police were tipped off about the raid.警方获得有关袭击的密报后，逮捕了三个人。

电影里这样说 · 19 部

• I'll tip off the press.Cruella2021
• Yeah, yeah. It was the tip-off for Oswald, you know?Slacker1990
• I tipped off the police.Watchmen2009
• So he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops.Once Upon a Time in America1984
• What do you mean, tipped off? They know where we are?Lord of War2005
• Drivers loved him. They used to tip him off...GoodFellas1990
• as they tip off another season, looking to get back into the play-off picture.Trainwreck2015
• Now, I got tipped off, he was stashing a million bucks in a pawnshop.Drive2011

在完整场景里学

• 都市浪人1990
  • 讲梦里分裂出的现实：crossed my mind（闪过脑海）
  • 口述宣言没人记录：in their right mind（神志正常）
  • 街头讲登月阴谋论：cover-up（掩盖真相）
• 好家伙1990
  • 从小迷上街区黑帮：the answer to all her prayers（求之不得的好事）
  • 逃学挨揍，学校来信被截：take a beating（挨一顿打）
  • 讲保利怎么管人：rip someone off（坑钱宰人）

同一词条的短语

• on the tip of your tongue
• the tip of the iceberg
• it is tipping down
• tip the balance
• tip your hand
• tip the scales at
• tip the wink
• I take my hat off to
• tip up