zip

US: /ˈzɪp/
UK: /zˈɪp/

English Vietnamese dictionary

zip /zip/
  • danh từ
    • tiếng rít (của đạn bay); tiếng xé vải
    • (nghĩa bóng) sức sống, nghị lực
    • nội động từ
      • rít, vèo (như đạn bay)
        • to zip past: chạy vụt qua (xe); vèo qua, rít qua (đạn)

    Advanced English dictionary

    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 (also zip fastener) (both BrE) (also zipper AmE, BrE) [C] a thing that you use to fasten clothes, bags, etc. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth that you can pull together to close sth or pull apart to open it: to do up / undo / open / close a zip + My zip's stuck.
    2 [U] (informal) energy or speed
    3 [sing.] (informal, especially AmE) nothing: We won four zip (= 40). + He said zip all evening.
    + verb (-pp-)
    1 to fasten clothes, bags, etc. with a zip/zipper: [VN] I zipped and buttoned my jacket. + The children were safely zipped into their sleeping bags. + She zipped herself into a black evening gown. + [VN-ADJ] He zipped his case shut.
    Compare: UNZIP
    2 [V] to be fastened with a zip/zipper: The sleeping bags can zip together.
    3 [+adv./prep.] (informal) to move very quickly or to make sth move very quickly in the direction mentioned: [V] I'm just zipping into town to buy some food. + A sports car zipped past us. [also VN]
    Phrasal Verbs: zip up
    zip sb/sth u
    see also NO-FLY ZONE, TIME ZONE, TWILIGHT
    + Shall I zip you up (= fasten your dress, etc.)?

    Collocation dictionary

    VERB + ZIP

    close, do up, fasten, pull (up), slide (up) | open, pull (down), slide (down), undo | get caught in
    The fabric got caught in the zip and tore.

    ZIP + VERB

    be/get stuck, stick
    The zip on my bag has stuck.
    | break | be open, be undone

    ZIP + NOUN

    fastener

    PREP.

    by a ~
    The jacket was fastened by a zip at the front.
    | with a ~
    a bag with a zip
    | ~ on
    > Special page at CLOTHES


    Concise English dictionary

    zipped|zipping|zipszɪp
    noun
    +a quantity of no importance
    +a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
    +forceful exertion
    +a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
    verb
    +close with a zipper
    +move very fast



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