nip
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they nip | |
| he / she / it nips | |
| past simple nipped | |
| past participle nipped | |
| -ing form nipping |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to give somebody/something a quick painful bite or pressing their skin together hard with your finger and thumb 啃咬；掐；咬住；夹住 - [intransitive, transitive]
(of cold, wind, etc. 寒气、风等 to harm or damage something 伤害；损害 - nip at something
The icy wind nipped at our faces. 寒风刺疼了我们的脸。 - nip something
The new leaves had been nipped by a late frost. 新叶被晚霜冻坏了。
- nip at something
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (British English, informal)
to go somewhere quickly and/or for only a short time 快速去（某处）；急忙赶往 He's just nipped out to the bank. 他急匆匆去银行了。 A car nipped in (= got in quickly) ahead of me. 一辆车突然插到我前面。
Extra Examplesnipping to the shops 快步走向商店 The boy nipped down the alley out of sight. 男孩飞快地跑进小巷，不见了。 She's just nipped out for a few minutes. 她刚出去几分钟。 I'm just nipping down to the shops for some bread. 我正要去商店买些面包。 I'll just nip into the post office. 我会很快去趟邮局。 I nipped round the corner. 我拐过拐角。 He nipped in through a side door. 他从侧门溜了进来。
Word Originverb late Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin.
Idioms
nip something in the bud
to stop something when it has just begun because you can see that problems will come from it 将…扼杀在萌芽状态；防患于未然