nipple

noun

/ˈnɪpl/

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either of the two small round dark parts on a person’s chest. Babies can drink milk from their mother’s breasts through the nipples.Topics Bodyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- erect
- hard
- swollen
- …
verb + nipple
- pinch
- suck
- squeeze
- …
nipple + verb
- harden
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(North American English)
(British English teat)
the rubber part at the end of a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks on with its lips and tongue in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle
a small metal, plastic or rubber object that is like a nipple in shape with a small hole in the end, especially one that is used as part of a machine to direct oil, etc. into a particular place
- a grease nipple

Word Originmid 16th cent. (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.

单词	nipple
释义	nipple noun /ˈnɪpl/ /ˈnɪpl/ jump to other results enlarge image either of the two small round dark parts on a person’s chest. Babies can drink milk from their mother’s breasts through the nipples.Topics Bodyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective erect hard swollen … verb + nipple pinch suck squeeze … nipple + verb harden See full entry (North American English) (British English teat) the rubber part at the end of a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks on with its lips and tongue in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle a small metal, plastic or rubber object that is like a nipple in shape with a small hole in the end, especially one that is used as part of a machine to direct oil, etc. into a particular place a grease nipple Word Originmid 16th cent. (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.
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