nip
v
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(a) [Tn] press (sth) hard (eg between the finger and thumb, or the teeth, or with the claws as a crab does); pinch 捏住, 咬住, 夾住, 掐住(某物)
A crab nipped my toe while I was paddling. 我 水時腳趾讓螃蟹給夾了.
She nipped her finger in the door, ie between the door and the doorpost. 她的手指給門夾了.
The dog nipped me in the leg. 那狗咬了我的腿.
(b) [I, Ipr] ~ (at sth) take small bites with the front teeth (用前牙)啃
That dog nips! 那狗一點兒點兒地啃.
The dog was nipping at her ankles. 那狗咬著她的腳腕子了.
2 [Tn] (of frost, cold wind, etc) stop the growth of (plants); damage (指霜、 寒風等)傷害(植物), 摧殘
The icy breeze nipped the young blooms. 寒風摧殘了初綻的花朵.
3 [Ipr, Ip] (infml 口) move quickly; hurry 快速行動; 趕快行動
Where did she nip off to? 她急急忙忙到哪兒去了?
He nipped in (ie got in quickly) just in front of me. 他趕在我前面進來.
I'll nip on ahead and open the door. 我要趕到前面去開門.
She has nipped out to the bank. 她急忙去銀行了. =>Usage at whiz 用法見whiz.
4 (idm 習語) ,nip and `tuck a situation in which sth is narrowly avoided, or where there is close competition 極難避免的情況; 勢均力敵
The two runners contested the race closely it was nip and tuck all the way. 那兩個賽跑選手競爭激烈--在賽程中一直不相上下. nip sth in the bud stop or destroy sth at an early stage in its development 將某事物阻止或消滅於萌芽中
She wanted to be an actress, but her father soon nipped that idea in the bud. 她想當演員, 但她父親一知道這個想法就阻止住了.
5 (phr v) nip sth in (in sewing) reduce the width of sth (縫紉)將某物改瘦
nip the waist in 把腰身改瘦
nip in the sides of a dress, eg by altering the seams 把連衣裙的兩側改瘦. nip sth off (sth) remove sth by nipping 掐掉某物
nip the shoots off (a plant) 掐掉花木的幼芽. nip, n
1 sharp pinch or bite 捏; 箝; 夾; 咬
The dog gave me a nasty nip on the leg. 那狗在我腿上狠咬了一口.
a cold nip in the air, ie a feeling of frost 刺骨的寒氣.
2 (infml 口) small drink, esp of spirits 少量(尤指烈酒)
a nip of brandy 少量的白蘭地.
?? 擴展釋義
*[nip]n. 捏, 夾, 寒冷, 尖刻話vt. 捏, 夾, 鉗, 剪斷, 損傷, 凍傷, 一小口vi. 夾, 捏, 刺骨, 快走, 一小口一小口地抿(酒)【計】 核心程序的初始程序相關詞組: nip and tuck nip in nip in the bud