nipping

1. VERB 迅速前往;急忙赶往
   If you nip somewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.
   1. Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
      要我赶紧出去一趟买些食品吗？
   2. Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
      韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
   3. Beasley told me he'd seen you, so I nipped straight home.
      比斯利告诉我他看到你了，所以我就赶快直接回家了。
2. VERB 轻咬;轻掐;轻捏
   If an animal or person nips you, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb.
   1. I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies...
      我知道有一些狗咬婴儿的事情。
   2. He nipped Billy's cheek with two rough fingers.
      他用两个粗糙的手指捏了捏比利的脸蛋。
   3. Nip is also a noun.
      
   4. Some ants can give you a nasty nip.
      一些蚂蚁会咬得你很疼。
3. N-COUNT (烈性酒的)一小口，一呷，少量
   A nip is a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
   1. She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac.
      她有偶尔喝一小口干邑的习惯。
4. to nip something in the bud → see: bud

1. Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him
   韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
2. The wind was so nipping that the ivy-leaves had become wizened and gray, each tapping incessantly upon its neighbour with a disquieting stir of her nerves.
   寒风刺骨，长春藤的叶子被风吹得枯萎了、枯黄了，不停地互相拍打着，把她的神经刺激得烦躁不安。
3. Nipping at his heels was veteran teen starlet Miley Cyrus, whose haul was$ 48 million, almost all of it earned from touring.
   紧随其后的是麦莉·塞勒斯，收入四千八百万美金，这些收入几乎全部来自巡演。
4. While Silicon Valley is the largest and most enduring locus of tech innovation, a number of cities around the planet are nipping at its heels: Tel Aviv, Berlin, Bangalore.
   尽管硅谷仍是最大也是最持久的科技创新中心，不过世界上的不少城市正在急起直追：特拉维夫、柏林、班加罗尔。
5. He showed signs of steroid injections, side effects of that is biting, nipping, you can feel scar tissue from the injections.
   他展示了类固醇注射的迹象，副作用是叮咬，刺骨，你能感觉到注射后留下的疤痕。
6. The bombs had already exploded, so advising people against nipping out for a sandwich did not seem the most logical of responses.
   炸弹已经炸了，建议人们不要出去吃三明治，这样的回应方式似乎不合逻辑。
7. Methods Similated to duplicate model keys in sameness nipping manner, then observe and summarize the slope angel of profile modeling reamer trace how to change.
   方法用铝板制作相同坡长不同齿坡角的钥匙模型，在相同夹持方式下模拟增配过程，观察并总结钥匙上仿形刀痕迹倾斜角度的变化。
8. But even in this more international setting, foreign banks are suddenly finding that Chinese rivals, such as China International Capital Corp and Citic, are nipping at their heels.
   可即便是在这个更具国际化色彩的环境下，外资银行猛然发现，诸如中国国际金融有限公司（ChinaInternationalCapitalCorp.）和中信（Citic）等中国竞争对手，也正在一点点蚕食它们的领地。
9. Soren began breeding only the gentlest males and females which drastically lessened the nipping problem that was seen.
   Soren开始只繁育性格最温和的雌性和雄性雪貂，从而大大减少了之前所出现的撕咬问题。
10. The dog was nipping at her ankles.
    那狗咬着她的脚腕子了。
11. The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
    邮递员跑开了，狗在身后紧追着要咬他。
12. Nipping Evil in the Bud or Free Development: Two Opposite Moral Education Patterns& The Comparison Study of School Moral Education between China and America; DuPont "Tyvek? DuPont" Tyvek apparel provides excellent protection against microscopic airborne particles.
    防微杜渐与自由发展两种德育模式的对立&中美学校道德教育比较研究杜邦“特卫强：杜邦”特卫强防护服有效阻挡空气中的微粒。
13. Nipping inflation in the bud would require a rise in interest rates and curbs on public spending, as well as letting the peso appreciate.
    对通货膨胀防患于未然需要利率的上调和控制公共开支，同时允许阿根廷比索升值。
14. Economists explain the friction as part of a world economy pecking order: China is nipping at the heels of the US, India at the heels of China.
    经济学家解释说，摩擦是世界经济啄序的体现：中国紧随美国之后，印度则跟在中国之后。
15. You do want to be careful when dealing with cuticles, because you don't want to do too much nipping with it.
    当你处理你指甲根部的外皮时，你应该很小心。因为你不不会想要它太锋利了。
16. After being abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth, the four play fight, nipping and teasing each other, and cuddling up for a shared nap when they are worn out.
    这四个出生不久就被它们的各自的母亲遗弃的小动物相互戏耍打闹，玩累了变抱成一团小睡一会儿。
17. I was nipping up and down the stairs most of the time.
    大部分时间我都是在楼梯上来回跑动。
18. Discipline is about nipping things in the bud while love is always subtle and sincere.
    严在防患于未然，爱须真诚到细微。
19. It, really a lot of damage and they kept nipping at the bear to get the bear to run away, I mean, how fortunate for her.
    是的，确实很大的伤害，两条狗一直撕咬那头熊，直到把他赶走。
20. The high-tech facial machine of LPG company applies particular three-dimensional concept, tightens and lifts the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissues by means of unique techniques of sucking and nipping.
    lpg系列的面部高科技系列仪器，采用独有的“三维概念”，通过独特的吸力和夹力对表皮、真皮、皮下组织的作用，令肌肉得到紧致及提升的功效。
21. The day was cold, with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
    今天早上冷风刺骨。天气很冷，向北面的街上刮起了一阵刺骨的冷风。
22. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.
    栗跳跃火焰烘烤，严寒冻住鼻。
23. Don't worry about nipping to the toilet to rub in body lotion.
    不用急急忙忙到卫生间搽润体乳。
24. A remarkable example is the low-set Corgi, perhaps one foot tall at the shoulders, that can drive a herd of cows many times its size to pasture by leaping and nipping at their heels.
    显着的例子是低设置威尔士矮脚狗，也许一只脚，身高在肩膀上，即可以驾驶一群奶牛很多次，其大小牧场跨越式和锋利在其继。
25. Successful cockatoo families must be able to accommodate a little screaming every now and again; a little nipping, sometimes; and occasional demolition of human possessions.
    成功的鹦鹉家庭必须能够容纳它时常一点的尖叫，小咬，有时，偶尔破坏人类的财产。
26. The gardener was nipping off the side shoots from his chrysanthemums.
    园丁正在把菊花的边芽掐掉。
27. The lion managed to struggle on to the bank, the crocodile half standing and half swimming, still nipping his hind leg.
    狮子拼命地往土堤上爬，鳄鱼半身在土堤上，半身在水里，死死地咬住它的后腿不放。
28. Our small cafe has been nipping at the heels of the large coffee chains.
    我们的小咖啡厅正紧咬著大型咖啡连锁店的生意。

adj

1. pleasantly cold and invigorating
   1. crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
   2. a nipping wind
   3. a nippy fall day
   4. snappy weather

   Synonym:    crispfrostynippysnappy

2. capable of wounding
   1. a barbed compliment
   2. a biting aphorism
   3. pungent satire

   Synonym:    barbedbitingpungentmordacious