tip-off

英 [ˈtɪp ɒf]

美 [ˈtɪp ɔːf]

n.  举报; 密告

复数：tip-offs　

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 举报；密告
  secret information that sb gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen
  1. The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
     有人匿名举报后，那个人被抓了起来。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 密报;密告
  Atip-offis a piece of information or a warning that you give to someone, often privately or secretly.
  1. The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public.
     在一名群众向警方举报以后，那人就在家里被逮捕了。

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball
  Synonym:tap-off
• inside information that something is going to happen

双语例句

• Did you get a tip-off from somewhere?
  你是不是收到消息了？
• The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
  有人匿名举报后，那个人被抓了起来。
• The man was arrested at his home after a tip-off to police from a member of the public.
  在一名群众向警方举报以后，那人就在家里被逮捕了。
• We will try to be efficient and to control them from the tip-off.
  我们会努力保持效率，并从一开始就控制住他们。
• The gun battle erupted on Saturday night when soldiers, after receiving a tip-off, went to a large house in the city's downtown tourist district.
  事件发生在周六晚上，当时士兵收到命令，赶赴市区旅游区一所大房子内，随后发生枪战。
• Other old writers ramble and repeat themselves; their style is the tip-off that they have turned into garrulous bores.
  另一些作家，一直在原地徘徊，这表明，他们已经变得无聊乏味。
• In a statement posted on their official Sina Weibo microblog account Monday night, the police said that a Mr. Chan, a Mr. Ko and several other people were arrested last Thursday in the Dongcheng district of Beijing by antinarcotics authorities acting on a tip-off.
  警方周一晚在其官方新浪微博账号发布的一份声明中表示，禁毒总队在接到群众举报后，于上周四在北京东城区拘捕了一位房某某、一位柯某某以及其他几人。
• I think| this is a good tip-off| to his overall character.
  我想这是他整个性格的一个很好体现。
• Security forces said an anonymous tip-off led them to the site which is almost the size of a football pitch.
  安全力量表示，一份匿名密报引导他们来到这里，整个场地像足球场那么大。
• I used to love getting to the pyramid game just before tip-off.
  我经常在比赛前到金字塔球场去。