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blip

/blip/US // blɪp //UK // (blɪp) //

突发事件,闪烁,闪光,突发

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : Also called pip. Electronics. a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object. any small spot of light on a display screen.
    • : a brief upturn, as in revenue or income: The midwinter blip was no cause for optimism among store owners.
    • : anything small, as in amount or number: a blip of light; Those opposed were merely a blip in the opinion polls.
    • : bleep.
    • : Slang. a nickel; five cents.
    • : Movies. a mark of synchronization on a sound track.
    • : a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity: There were blips in the TV film where the commercials had been edited out.
v.无主动词 verb
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    blipped, blip·ping.

    • : Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements: The stock market has blipped one point higher this week.
v.有主动词 verb
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    blipped, blip·ping.

    • : bleep.

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Examples

  • Shakka is the winner of two MOBO Awards for R&B and Soul, yet here in the US, he registers but a small blip on the music discovery radar.

  • Below, in the weekly “By the Numbers” section, I get more into the wild ride of the crypto trade, and whether this is a mere blip, or the sign of more pain to come.

  • It was a mere blip in the decade-long bull market, in other words.

  • On a radar screen, it appeared as barely a blip—all the better to spy on Soviets with—and had only one seat.

  • Some changes may one day be looked back on as a blip, while others are here to stay.

  • The next day, Gawker, InTouch, and other U.S. outlets picked up the story, but the Cosby story was still only a blip on Twitter.

  • Was the increased Latino support for Republicans a blip or trend line?

  • But that misstep is a minor blip in an otherwise stellar premiere.

  • Can anyone show the “blip” where PEDs are supposed to have helped Alex Rodriguez?

  • With precision measurements, we might be able to find a secondary blip from an exomoon.

  • Both men turned abruptly as the stat-screen gave its warning blip.

  • He sat at the main screen, and studied the blip, making tiny crayon marks.

  • I war jes agwine to de house wen I see dese yer hosses comin ker-blip!

  • There was only one ship in the galaxy that could knock back a blip that big at such a distance.

  • Then, slowly, the line swept down and Roger suddenly saw the blip outline of a second craft.