zip

n. 拉鏈；活力，精力；尖嘯聲，撕裂聲；一種程序壓縮的檔案文件格式

vi. 拉開或拉上；以尖嘯聲行進

vt. 給...以速度；拉上或拉開拉鏈

中文詞源

zip 尖嘯聲，快速，拉鏈

擬聲詞，同時用以指拉鏈。

zip (v.1): "move rapidly," 1852, of echoic origin. Meaning "close with a zipper" is from 1932. Related: Zipped; zipping.
ZIP (adj.): 1963, in U.S. postal ZIP code, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, no doubt chosen with conscious echo of zip (v.1).
zip (n.2): "zero," 1900, student slang for a grade of zero on a test, etc.; of unknown origin; compare zilch.
zip (v.2): "to close or fasten by means of a zipper," 1932, back-formation from zipper (n.). Related: Zipped; zipping; zipless.
zip (n.1): "sound of something moving rapidly," 1875, imitative. Zip gun "homemade pistol" first recorded 1950.

1. Zip drives help people to organise their important information.: 壓縮磁盤驅動器有助于人們管理重要信息。

2. Tommy Tune gives the choreography his usual class and zip.: 湯米·圖恩在編排的舞蹈中注入其一貫的優(yōu)雅和活力。

3. These zip-top bags are great space-savers if storage is limited.: 如果可儲藏的地方有限，這些拉環(huán)式背包能節(jié)省很大空間。

4. The helicopter can zip along at about 150 kilometres an hour.: 該直升機能以每小時150公里左右的速度疾進。