Nip

(noun.) a small sharp bite or snip.

(noun.) a tart spicy quality.

(noun.) a small drink of liquor; 'he poured a shot of whiskey'.

(verb.) give a small sharp bite to; 'The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles'.

(verb.) sever or remove by pinching or snipping; 'nip off the flowers'.

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• He'd better nip his little passion in the bud, hadn't he? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Mrs Yolland sat down opposite to him, and gave him his nip. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The sun was shining very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man's energy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Our client wants me to look at some Italian gardens before we settle anything, and has asked me to nip over on the next boat. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• When it was done, he laid it aside and a dog walked sadly in and nipped it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I dare say, if he had told me his doubts at the first I could have nipped them in the bud. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, I told you so. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He had nipped in the bud the possible meeting between Eustacia and her old lover this very night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I've just heard of old Mrs. Mingott's stroke; and as I was on my way to the house I saw you turning down this street and nipped after you. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Formerly, the opening machines were simply cylinders armed with spikes, to which the cotton was led through nipping rollers, and then delivered in a loose, fluffy condition. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Our native oak, as his partisans called him, was visited truly by a nipping winter. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And then the lockjaw closes down and nips off a couple of the last syllables--but they taste good. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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