tip-off

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tip-off (複數 tip-offs)

1. (俗語) 明顯的證據或跡象

   The broken window and overturned plant pots were a tip-off that something was wrong.

   碎裂的窗戶和翻倒的花盆，都表明出了事兒。

2. (俗語) 對秘密行為的報告、密報

   The police received a tip-off about a recent bank robbery.

   警方收到了對最近一起銀行盜竊案的舉報。

相關詞彙

• tip off（動詞）

拓展閱讀

• “tip-off” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “tip-off” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
• “tip-off”，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.
• “tip-off” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.