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

• 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。
• 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。
• The high-tech facial machine of LPG company applies particular three-dimensional concept, tightens and lifts the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissues by means of unique techniques of sucking and nipping.
  lpg系列的面部高科技系列仪器，采用独有的“三维概念”，通过独特的吸力和夹力对表皮、真皮、皮下组织的作用，令肌肉得到紧致及提升的功效。
• The bombs had already exploded, so advising people against nipping out for a sandwich did not seem the most logical of responses.
  炸弹已经炸了，建议人们不要出去吃三明治，这样的回应方式似乎不合逻辑。
• While Silicon Valley is the largest and most enduring locus of tech innovation, a number of cities around the planet are nipping at its heels: Tel Aviv, Berlin, Bangalore.
  尽管硅谷仍是最大也是最持久的科技创新中心，不过世界上的不少城市正在急起直追：特拉维夫、柏林、班加罗尔。
• Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.
  栗跳跃火焰烘烤，严寒冻住鼻。
• Nipping inflation in the bud would require a rise in interest rates and curbs on public spending, as well as letting the peso appreciate.
  对通货膨胀防患于未然需要利率的上调和控制公共开支，同时允许阿根廷比索升值。
• 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。
• Nipping at his heels was veteran teen starlet Miley Cyrus, whose haul was$ 48 million, almost all of it earned from touring.
  紧随其后的是麦莉·塞勒斯，收入四千八百万美金，这些收入几乎全部来自巡演。
• Methods Similated to duplicate model keys in sameness nipping manner, then observe and summarize the slope angel of profile modeling reamer trace how to change.
  方法用铝板制作相同坡长不同齿坡角的钥匙模型，在相同夹持方式下模拟增配过程，观察并总结钥匙上仿形刀痕迹倾斜角度的变化。