nibble
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they nibble | |
he / she / it nibbles | |
past simple nibbled | |
past participle nibbled | |
-ing form nibbling |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to bite something with small bites, especially food 小口咬,一点点地咬(食物) - [intransitive] nibble (at something)
to show a slight interest in an offer, idea, etc. (对…)略微表现出兴趣
Word Originlate 15th cent.: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Low German nibbeln ‘gnaw’.