fillip 的 3 个定义
- an act or instance of striking something with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of a thumb; a smart tap or stroke.
- anything that tends to rouse, excite, or revive; a stimulus: Praise is an excellent fillip for waning ambition.
- to strike with a fillip.
- to tap or strike smartly.
- to drive by or as by a fillip: Anticipation filliped his passion.
- to make a fillip with the fingers.
fillip 近义词
stimulate
更多fillip例句
- She could not wait to see her little son Fillip and “was dying to take a shower,” she said.
- There was a brief fillip in the afternoon when it was reported that Obama and Boehner had spoken on the phone.
- The fillip given would have been far, far greater than that which the mere numbers (1,200 for the Division) would seem to imply.
- This was quite an event, and gave a fillip to the inertness of Madame de Fontanges, whose curiosity was excited.
- This was a pleasant fillip to me, who am just now ready to be dispirited on the slightest pretext.
- I tell you this, sir: I 'd rather a man would give me a fillip on the nose than talk to me about luck.
- And if necessary to give a fillip to languishing competition, do so by a concession in rates.