tip-off

参见：tipoff 和 tip off

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tip-off (复数 tip-offs)

1. (俗语) 明显的证据或迹象

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

   碎裂的窗户和翻倒的花盆，都表明出了事儿。

2. (俗语) 对秘密行为的报告、密报

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

   警方收到了对最近一起银行盗窃案的举报。

相关词汇

• tip off（动词）

拓展阅读

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