| 单词 | nip |
| 释义 | Word Frequency nip 1(nɪp) verbWord forms: nips, nipping or nipped (mainly tr) 1. to catch or tightly compress, as between a finger and the thumb; pinch 2. (often foll by off) to remove by clipping, biting, etc 3. (when intr, often foll by at) to give a small sharp bite (to) the dog nipped at his heels 4. (esp of the cold) to affect with a stinging sensation 5. to harm through cold the frost nipped the young plants 6. to check or destroy the growth of (esp in the phrase nip in the bud) 7. slang to steal 8. (intr; foll by along, up, out, etc) British informal to hurry; dart 9. slang, mainly US and Canadian to snatch noun 10. the act of nipping; a pinch, snip, etc 11. a. a frosty or chilly quality b. severe frost or cold the first nip of winter 12. a small piece or quantity he went out for a nip of fresh air 13. a sharp flavour or tang 14. archaic a taunting remark 15. nip and tuck 16. put the nips in Word origin C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hnippa to prodWord Frequency nip 2(nɪp) noun 1. a small drink of spirits; dram 2. mainly British a measure of spirits usually equal to one sixth of a gill verbWord forms: nips, nipping or nipped 3. to drink (spirits), esp habitually in small amounts Word origin C18: shortened from nipperkin a vessel holding a half-pint or less, of uncertain origin; compare Dutch nippen to sipWord Frequency nip 3(nɪp) noun informal short for nipple Word Frequency Nip(nɪp) noun offensive, slang, obsolete a Japanese person Word origin C20: short for Nipponese |
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