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.
例文
1. The Big Dipper is not by itself a consterlation.
北斗七星自体は星座ではありません。
2.She tilted the dipper ,drew a deep breath and drank swiftly.
彼女はスプーンを持って深く嗅いで、すぐに飲み始めた。
3.She took the wet gourd dipper from him,her nostrils wrinkling in distaste at the reek.