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

• Our small cafe has been nipping at the heels of the large coffee chains.
  我们的小咖啡厅正紧咬著大型咖啡连锁店的生意。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The dog was nipping at her ankles.
  那狗咬着她的脚腕子了。
• The day was cold, with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
  今天早上冷风刺骨。天气很冷，向北面的街上刮起了一阵刺骨的冷风。
• 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。
• 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。
• But even in this more international setting, foreign banks are suddenly finding that Chinese rivals, such as China International Capital Corp and Citic, are nipping at their heels.
  可即便是在这个更具国际化色彩的环境下，外资银行猛然发现，诸如中国国际金融有限公司（ChinaInternationalCapitalCorp.）和中信（Citic）等中国竞争对手，也正在一点点蚕食它们的领地。
• 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。