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nipping 音標拼音: [n'ɪpɪŋ] a. 刺骨的,刺人肌膚的,譏刺的 刺骨的,刺人肌膚的,譏刺的 nipping adj 1: capable of wounding; " a barbed compliment"; " a biting aphorism"; " pungent satire" [ synonym: { barbed}, { biting}, { nipping}, { pungent}, { mordacious}] 2: pleasantly cold and invigorating; " crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; " a nipping wind"; " a nippy fall day"; " snappy weather" [ synonym: { crisp}, { frosty}, { nipping}, { nippy}, { snappy}] Nip \ Nip\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Nipped}, less properly { Nipt}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Nipping}.] [ OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.] 1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. [ 1913 Webster] May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. [ 1913 Webster] The small shoots . . . must be nipped off. -- Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. [ 1913 Webster] And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] { To nip in the bud}, to cut off at the very commencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage. [ 1913 Webster]
Nipping \ Nip" ping\, a. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind. [ 1913 Webster]
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