lip: [OE] Lip has been traced back to Indo- European *leb-, which also produced Latin labrum ‘lip’, source of French lèvre ‘lip’ and English labial [16]. Its Germanic descendant was *lepaz-, from which come German lippe, Dutch lip, Swedish l?ppe, Danish l?be, and English lip. => labial
lip (n.)
Old English lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lepjon (cognates: Old Frisian lippa, Middle Dutch lippe, Dutch lip, Old High German lefs, German Lefze, Swedish l?pp, Danish l?be), from PIE *leb- "to lick; lip" (source also of Latin labium).
French lippe is from a Germanic source. Transferred sense of "edge or margin of a cup, etc." is from 1590s. Slang sense "saucy talk" is from 1821, probably from move the lip (1570s) "utter even the slightest word (against someone)." To bite (one's) lip "show vexation" is from early 14c. Stiff upper lip as a sign of courage is from 1833. Lip gloss is attested from 1939; lip balm from 1877. Related: Lips.
lip (v.)
c. 1600, "to kiss," from lip (n.). Meaning "to pronounce with the lips only" is from 1789. Related: Lipped; lipping.
雙語例句
1. She had quite severe bruising and a cut lip.
她身上有嚴重的淤傷，嘴唇也破了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He curled his upper lip in a show of scepticism.
他撇嘴表示懷疑。
來自柯林斯例句
3. With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.
用唇線筆勾出雙唇的輪廓，然后涂上唇膏。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.
沒有給他們提供助聽設備，也沒教過他們唇讀。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The man's heavy moustache hid his upper lip completely.