kip
/kɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /kɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkip/ (ame, mw)
kip — verb
- kippresent simple I / you / we / they
- kips3rd person singular
- kipping-ing form
- kippedpast simple
1. to spend the night sleeping somewhere — usually a friend's flat, a sofa, or any
to spend the night sleeping somewhere — usually a friend's flat, a sofa, or any temporary spot rather than your own bed.
Rin asked if she could kip on the sofa after missing the last train home.
kip on + location for sleeping somewhere temporary
Christopher kipped at his cousin's flat during the music festival in Manchester.
kip at + place name for staying overnight
We can kip down in the back of the van if the campsite is full tonight.
The hikers kipped under a tarp when the rain came in over the hills.
Tunde was so tired after the night shift that he kipped for ten hours straight.
- crash
also informal; suggests falling asleep suddenly or staying somewhere unplanned
- doss
British slang; carries a rougher edge, often sleeping in basic or makeshift conditions
- sleep over
neutral register; planned overnight stay, usually as a guest
文法句型
kip + adverbial of location
kip down
用法筆記
Informal British English; rarely heard in American speech. Subject is typically a person, and the location adverbial (on the sofa, at a friend's, in the van) often signals that the sleeping spot is not the speaker's regular bed.
常見錯誤
kip — noun
1. a short period of sleeping, often during the day or in a place where you do not
a short period of sleeping, often during the day or in a place where you do not usually sleep.
Yael had a quick kip on the train back from the conference in Edinburgh.
common phrase: have a (quick) kip
Quan needed a kip before driving the family up to the Lake District.
have/need a kip + before clause
The night watchman caught a few minutes of kip in the security booth at three in the morning.
Mauricio got no kip at all because the neighbours played loud music until dawn.
- nap
neutral and universal; the standard everyday term
- snooze
informal; emphasises a light or pleasant short sleep
- forty winks
informal idiom; a very brief nap, often in the afternoon
文法句型
have a kip
get some kip
a quick kip
用法筆記
Frequently appears with verbs of having or getting (have/get/need/grab a kip). The phrase often implies a short rest rather than a full night's sleep, distinguishing it from the verb sense which can refer to overnight stays as well.
常見錯誤
2. the standard unit of money used in Laos, abbreviated as LAK; one kip is divided
the standard unit of money used in Laos, abbreviated as LAK; one kip is divided into 100 att, though att coins are no longer in circulation.
The street vendor in Vientiane charged Élise eight thousand kip for a bowl of noodle soup.
number + kip as a currency amount
Hari changed his US dollars into kip at the airport before heading into the city.
change [currency] into kip
The bus ticket from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng cost about one hundred thousand kip.
Zayd carried a thick wad of kip notes because card payments were rarely accepted in the village.
文法句型
number + kip
kip + per + unit
用法筆記
Used both as a count noun ('five hundred kip') and as a mass reference to Lao currency in general ('the kip has weakened against the dollar'). The plural form does not take -s when counted ('ten thousand kip', not 'ten thousand kips').