1.[t][i]啃咬；掐；咬住；夹住to give sb/sth a quick painful bite or pinch
He winced as the dog nipped his ankle.狗咬了他的脚腕子，疼得他龇牙咧嘴。
She nipped at my arm.她掐了一下我的胳膊。
2.[i][t]伤害；损害to harm or damage sth
The icy wind nipped at our faces.寒风刺疼了我们的脸。
growing shoots nipped by frost遭受霜冻的幼芽
3.[i](informal)+ adv./prep.快速去（某处）；急忙赶往to go somewhere quickly and/or for only a short time
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。
1.啃咬；掐the act of giving sb a small bite or pinch(= squeezing their skin between your finger and thumb)
2.(informal)寒冷；寒意a feeling of cold
There was a real nip in the air .空中有一股刺骨的寒气。
3.(informal)少量的烈酒a small drink of strong alcohol
As I'm trying to close the radio collar, he turned his head and nipped my finger.
就在我竭力去锁紧广播线缆时，它将头转了过来，咬住了我的手指。
Thank goodness the strike was nipped in the bud by some clever negotiation. Otherwise, things could really get out of control.
谢天谢地，罢工还没闹腾起来就因为明智的谈判而偃旗息鼓。不然的话，局面真会变得不可控制。
If liberalism had not hindered them, they would, so they believe, have bloodily nipped the revolutionary movements in the bud.
假如没有自由主义的阻碍，他们早就把革命运动的萌芽淹没在血泊之中了。
I was used to sunny Southern Californian mornings, and the brisk early-morning Iowan air nipped at my nose, ears and bare hands.
我习惯了加利福尼亚州南部那阳光明媚的早晨，艾奥瓦州清晨凛冽的空气使我的鼻子、耳朵和没戴手套的双手感到一阵阵冰冷的刺痛。
He nipped off the side shoots from his geraniums.
他掐掉天竺葵侧边上的花。
Just before dinner, Basil nipped out for a pee in a darkness full of animals.
开饭之前，巴兹尔溜到外面充满野兽的黑暗中去小便。
If it is still be nipped use scissors to cut off the fibre cord .
这样还是被夹住时，就用剪刀剪断纤维绳子。
"I see, " said Hesper as she nipped a tattered rose with her thumb and forefinger.
“我明白，”海茨帕说，她用拇指和食指摘下一朵凋谢的玫瑰。
Some trees of the tender kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.
有些娇嫩的树已经被霜染成橙黄，紫色，与赤红。
In recent years, it has nipped in the bud over six dozen outbreaks that could have led to global crises.
近年来，该组织已经将72起可能本已导致全球危机的疾病发作扼杀于萌芽之中。
Chinese medicine used to control access to observe the entire mitigation, will be nipped in the bud condition of the state.
用中药来控制可取得守全缓解，将病情扼杀在萌芽状态之中。
When have your knees ever nipped me like fire-tongs a live coal for a minute?
你，你不知道我。你什么时候用膝盖象火钳夹热炭般夹过我？
Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day.
一听到我的话，她第二天就去报告了巡逻队。
Fabio Capello took the correct action; he nipped it in the bud to stop ongoing tensions interrupting the England team's focus.
英国队教练法比奥•卡佩罗（FabioCapello）采取了正确的行动：把问题扼杀在萌芽状态，防止愈演愈烈的紧张态势干扰英国队的关注重心。
The centipede has been nipped by the snake, for guards against the venom proliferation to have the amputation!
蜈蚣被蛇咬了，为防毒液扩散必须截肢！
I looked at the new one who was chased and nipped a few days before.
我看着那些新来的鱼，几天前它们还在被追逐攻击呢。
Jon ought to be told, so that either his feeling might be nipped in the bud, or, flowering in spite of the past, might come to fruition .
这事应当让乔恩知道，这样他说不定在含苞未放时就打掉爱情的花朵或者不管过去的那一切，让它开花结果。
She has nipped out to the bank.
她急忙去银行了。
The score had the possibility to be worse much a point, but each point has nipped .
比分有可能差得多了一点，但每一分都去咬了。
He nipped at my heels with his razor sharp teeth.
他尖尖的牙齿就要咬住我的后脚跟。
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