nip
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If an animal or person nips you, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb. 輕咬; 輕捏
I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies. 我知道一些狗咬嬰兒的事例。
2. N-COUNT Nip is also a noun. 輕咬; 輕捏
Incidents range from a nip, which fails to break the skin or draw blood, to serious injuries. 各種情況都有，從竝未咬破皮膚或出血的輕傷到重傷。
3. N-COUNT A nip is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink. (烈性酒的) 一小口
She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac. 她有一個偶爾就著瓶子喝一小口法國白蘭地的習慣。
4. to nip something in the budPHRASE →see bud
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nip /n?p/ (nipping,nipped,nips)
劍橋詞典
nip verb (GO QUICKLY)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 經(jīng)常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ] UK informalto go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time
快走；去一會兒
Can you nip out/round/down to the shop for me? 你能替我跑一趟商店嗎？
Shall we nip in to the café for a bite to eat ? 我們要不要去咖啡館隨便喫點東西？
nip verb (PRESS QUICKLY)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to press something quickly and quite hard between two objects , especially sharp objects such as teeth or nails
咬；夾；掐；捏
Josie's hamster nipped me. 喬西的倉鼠咬了我。