tip

助言、ヒント

何かをしたり問題を解いたりするのに役立つ助言や情報。

やさしい英語で： A useful suggestion or piece of information that helps you do something or solve a problem.

• Thanks for the useful tip.
• The book offers tips for new parents.
• An anonymous tip helped police find the stolen car.

使い方： a tip on/about something (She gave me a tip on saving money.); a tip for doing something (Here's a tip for keeping bread fresh.)

類義語： suggestion, pointer, hint

よく使う表現： useful tip, travel tip, tip for someone, tip on something

先端、先

物の端の部分。特に小さく、とがった先。

やさしい英語で： The end of something, especially a small or pointed end.

• The pencil's tip broke.
• Her nose was red at the tip.
• The tips of his fingers felt cold.

使い方： the tip of something (A bird landed on the tip of the branch.)

類義語： point, end

反対語： base

よく使う表現： tip of something, pencil tip, wing tip, finger tip

チップ

接客などをしてくれた人に、感謝として追加で渡すお金。

やさしい英語で： Extra money given to someone who serves you, to thank them for their work.

• We left a small tip.
• The driver thanked us for the generous tip.
• Do the servers share their tips?

類義語： gratuity

よく使う表現： leave a tip, generous tip, tip for someone, cash tip

氷山の一角

氷山の比喩で、隠れた大きな問題や状況のうち、見えている小さな部分。

やさしい英語で： In the iceberg expression, the small visible part of a much larger hidden problem or situation.

• This mistake is just the tip of the iceberg.
• The missing money proved to be the tip of the iceberg.
• Are these delays only the tip of the iceberg?

使い方： be the tip of the iceberg (These complaints are the tip of the iceberg.)

よく使う表現： tip of the iceberg, just the tip

喉元

舌の比喩で、言葉や名前を思い出しかけているのに、まだ口に出せない状態。

やさしい英語で： In the tongue expression, a word or name you almost remember but cannot say yet.

• The answer is on the tip of my tongue.
• His name was on the tip of her tongue all morning.
• Is the word on the tip of your tongue?

使い方： be on the tip of someone's tongue (Her name is on the tip of my tongue.)

よく使う表現： tip of your tongue, tip of someone's tongue

耳寄り情報、内部情報

事情に詳しい人から得る、勝者の予想や金もうけなどに関する非公開の情報。

やさしい英語で： Private information from someone who knows a lot, especially about likely winners or ways to make money.

• She gave me a stock tip.
• His racing tips rarely produced a winner.
• They bought shares after receiving a tip from an insider.

使い方： a tip on something (He gave me a tip on a horse in tomorrow's race.)

類義語： inside information, lead

よく使う表現： stock tip, racing tip, hot tip, tip on something

傾く、傾ける、ひっくり返る

片側に傾く、または物を傾ける。そのまま倒れる場合もある。

やさしい英語で： To lean to one side, or make something lean, sometimes until it falls.

• The chair began to tip.
• He tipped the box onto its side.
• Be careful, or the boat will tip over.

使い方： tip over (The boat tipped over in the rough water.); tip something back/forward (She tipped her head back to look at the stars.)

類義語： tilt, lean

よく使う表現： tip over, tip something over, tip backwards, tip to one side

チップを渡す

接客などをしてくれた人に、感謝として追加のお金を渡す。

やさしい英語で： To give extra money to someone who serves you, as thanks for their work.

• Should we tip the waiter?
• She tipped generously after dinner.
• I usually tip the driver a few euros.

使い方： tip someone an amount (We tipped the driver five dollars.)

類義語： give a gratuity

よく使う表現： tip someone, tip generously, tip the waiter