单词 | nipping cold |
释义 | > as lemmasnipping cold Nippingly. Esp. in nipping cold. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] > in a nipping or piercing manner (of cold) eagerly1603 bitter1604 nipping1795 piercingly1834 nippingly1890 1795–6 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. (1849–50) i. 90 Ha! ha! 'tis nipping cold. 1803 W. H. Ireland Rhapsodies 185 The raven croak'd, the bat flew by, The wind blew nipping cold. 1874 Harper's Mag. Mar. 569 I found that the soft, treacherous dampness had gone, and it was nipping cold again. 1901 A. Austin Alfred the Great (ed. 5) ii. iii. 34 The norland flakes are flying fast, And o' 'tis nipping cold. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. 5 No matter how great the heat by day, the night would as likely as not be nipping cold. < as lemmas |
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