nip n. 〔美口〕=Niponese. vt. (-pp-) 1.夾,捏,掐;(馬、狗等)咬。 2.摘取,剪斷 (off)。 3.凍傷(手指等),凍死(植株);阻止,阻礙(生長(zhǎng)等);使挫折。 4.〔俚語(yǔ)〕搶去;偷;逮捕。 The crab nipped my toe. 螃蟹夾了我的腳趾。 nip in the bud 在萌芽時(shí)摘取,防患于未然;消滅于萌芽狀態(tài)。 vi. 1.夾,捏,掐,咬。 2.(寒風(fēng)等)刺骨。 3.〔俚語(yǔ)〕跑,趕 (along in; off on)。 nip in [out]忽然跳進(jìn)[出];插嘴 (nip in with a smart question 乘機(jī)提出尖銳的質(zhì)問)。 n. 1.一夾,一捏,一掐,使勁的一咬;一小片。 2.霜害;阻礙;寒氣,嚴(yán)寒。 3.諷刺,痛罵。 4.【航?!?冰封船兩邊的)強(qiáng)壓。 5.【地質(zhì)學(xué);地理學(xué)】狹縮。 nip and tuck 〔美口〕競(jìng)走時(shí)不相上下。 n. (酒等的)一口,少量。 freshen the nip 〔口語(yǔ)〕以酒解酒〔醉醒后再喝點(diǎn)酒〕。 vi. (-pp-) 一點(diǎn)兒一點(diǎn)兒地喝,呷。
The mideast crisis would have accelerated. the china initiative could have been nipped in the bud . 中東危機(jī)可能加快速度,對(duì)中國(guó)的主動(dòng)行動(dòng)可能夭折。
He had nipped in the bud the possible meeting between eustacia and her old lover this very night . 當(dāng)天晚上,游苔莎跟她的舊情人可能的會(huì)晤,剛一發(fā)芽,就讓他給掐掉了。
The gent has taken off his clothes and put on his bathing-suit, but the water is getting colder and there is an autumn nip in the air . 那位紳士已脫去衣服,穿上浴衣,可惜水越來越冷,而且空中也有秋季的寒風(fēng)。
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 . 這事應(yīng)當(dāng)讓喬恩知道,這樣他說不定在含苞未放時(shí)就打掉愛情的花朵或者不管過去的那一切,讓它開花結(jié)果。
There ' s a nip in the air today : winter ' s coming 今天空氣中有一種刺痛,冬天來了。
There is a real nip in the air this morning 早晨空氣中有一股刺骨的寒氣。
I had to stop when another car nipped in in front of me 另一輛汽車突然插隊(duì)到我前面,我不得不停車。
Efficacy of three regimens of nip in the treatment of 72 patients with non - small cell lung cancer 紫杉醇聯(lián)合順鉑治療晚期食管癌近期臨床觀察
Any ill - feeling has to be nipped in the bud before it develops into open revolt 必須把一切惡感在發(fā)展成公開對(duì)抗之前,就消滅于萌芽狀態(tài)之中。