nipping

英 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

美 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

adj.  锋利的；刺骨的；尖酸刻薄的

GRE

柯林斯词典

• VERB 迅速前往;急忙赶往
  If younipsomewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.
  1. Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
     要我赶紧出去一趟买些食品吗？
  2. Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
     韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
  3. Beasley told me he'd seen you, so I nipped straight home.
     比斯利告诉我他看到你了，所以我就赶快直接回家了。
• VERB 轻咬;轻掐;轻捏
  If an animal or personnipsyou, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb.
  1. I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies...
     我知道有一些狗咬婴儿的事情。
  2. He nipped Billy's cheek with two rough fingers.
     他用两个粗糙的手指捏了捏比利的脸蛋。
  3. Nipis also a noun.
     
  4. Some ants can give you a nasty nip.
     一些蚂蚁会咬得你很疼。
• N-COUNT (烈性酒的)一小口，一呷，少量
  Anipis a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
  1. She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac.
     她有偶尔喝一小口干邑的习惯。
• tonipsomethingin the bud→ see:bud

英英释义

adj

• pleasantly cold and invigorating
  1. crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
  2. a nipping wind
  3. a nippy fall day
  4. snappy weather
  Synonym:crispfrostynippysnappy
• capable of wounding
  1. a barbed compliment
  2. a biting aphorism
  3. pungent satire
  Synonym:barbedbitingpungentmordacious

双语例句

• Soren began breeding only the gentlest males and females which drastically lessened the nipping problem that was seen.
  Soren开始只繁育性格最温和的雌性和雄性雪貂，从而大大减少了之前所出现的撕咬问题。
• After being abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth, the four play fight, nipping and teasing each other, and cuddling up for a shared nap when they are worn out.
  这四个出生不久就被它们的各自的母亲遗弃的小动物相互戏耍打闹，玩累了变抱成一团小睡一会儿。
• Nipping Evil in the Bud or Free Development: Two Opposite Moral Education Patterns& The Comparison Study of School Moral Education between China and America; DuPont "Tyvek? DuPont" Tyvek apparel provides excellent protection against microscopic airborne particles.
  防微杜渐与自由发展两种德育模式的对立&中美学校道德教育比较研究杜邦“特卫强：杜邦”特卫强防护服有效阻挡空气中的微粒。
• Economists explain the friction as part of a world economy pecking order: China is nipping at the heels of the US, India at the heels of China.
  经济学家解释说，摩擦是世界经济啄序的体现：中国紧随美国之后，印度则跟在中国之后。
• A remarkable example is the low-set Corgi, perhaps one foot tall at the shoulders, that can drive a herd of cows many times its size to pasture by leaping and nipping at their heels.
  显着的例子是低设置威尔士矮脚狗，也许一只脚，身高在肩膀上，即可以驾驶一群奶牛很多次，其大小牧场跨越式和锋利在其继。
• Don't worry about nipping to the toilet to rub in body lotion.
  不用急急忙忙到卫生间搽润体乳。
• The wind was so nipping that the ivy-leaves had become wizened and gray, each tapping incessantly upon its neighbour with a disquieting stir of her nerves.
  寒风刺骨，长春藤的叶子被风吹得枯萎了、枯黄了，不停地互相拍打着，把她的神经刺激得烦躁不安。
• It, really a lot of damage and they kept nipping at the bear to get the bear to run away, I mean, how fortunate for her.
  是的，确实很大的伤害，两条狗一直撕咬那头熊，直到把他赶走。
• Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him
  韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
• The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
  邮递员跑开了，狗在身后紧追着要咬他。