late 14c., as a type of diving bird, agent noun from dip (v.). As a ladle or long-handled utensil for drawing liquid, from 1783, chiefly American English. As the popular U.S. name for the asterism known in Britain as The Plough or Charles' Wain, attested by 1833.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation.
北斗七星本身不是一個(gè)星座。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. She tilted the dipper , drew a deep breath and drank swiftly.
她端著勺子深深聞了一下,便迅速喝起來(lái).
來(lái)自飄（部分）
3. She took the wet gourd dipper from him, her nostrils wrinkling in distaste at the reek.