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指用指尖快速夹或捏，宾语常为皮肤、布料等。
She nipped the skin on his arm.
她掐了一下他胳膊上的皮肤。
掐掉；剪掉；咬掉；（寒冷）刺骨；冻麻；冻伤；使枯萎；惹恼；烦扰；讽刺；奚落
to pinch or squeeze something tightly and sharply between two surfaces or points
夹住；捏住；掐住；夹紧。
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
掐掉；咬掉；剪掉。
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
使(脸颊、手指、鼻子等)冻僵；冻麻。
To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
(霜等)冻伤；抑制生长或活力；摧毁。
To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
使烦恼；折磨；困扰。
To annoy, as by nipping.
嘲弄；奚落。
To taunt.
一般现在时
He nips the wire with pliers.
他用钳子夹断电线。
一般过去时
She nipped the bud off the stem.
她掐掉了茎上的花蕾。
现在进行时
The dog is nipping at my heels.
那只狗正在咬我的脚后跟。
规则动词：过去式和过去分词加-ed，现在分词加-ing，第三人称单数加-s。
The puppy nipped at my ankle playfully.
小狗顽皮地轻咬了我的脚踝。
用法提示：这里 'nipped' 是动词 'nip' 的过去式，表示轻轻咬一小口。
She nipped off the dead leaves with her scissors.
她用剪刀剪掉了枯叶。
用法提示：'nipped off' 是动词短语，意为剪断、掐掉。
The cold wind nipped at my cheeks as I walked outside.
我走到外面时，寒风刺骨，吹得脸颊生疼。
用法提示：'nipped' 此处比喻寒冷刺骨，像被捏或咬一样。
指用指尖快速夹或捏，宾语常为皮肤、布料等。
She nipped the skin on his arm.
她掐了一下他胳膊上的皮肤。
off 表示去除，宾语可放在 off 前；常与花、叶、线头等搭配。
He nipped off the dead leaves.
他掐掉了枯叶。
用 between ... and ... 说明被夹在两个表面或两个指尖之间。
She nipped the thread between her thumb and forefinger.
她用拇指和食指夹住了线。
被动语态，by 后常接 frost、cold 等，表示被冻伤或冻死。
The young buds were nipped by the frost.
嫩芽被霜冻伤了。
grammar · medium
易错句子Yesterday the puppy nip my hand.
正确表达Yesterday the puppy nipped my hand.
英语规则动词的过去式要加 -ed，nip 的过去式是 nipped。汉语动词不随过去时间变形，所以不能直接用原形 nip 表示过去。
grammar · medium
易错句子That puppy always nip my fingers.
正确表达That puppy always nips my fingers.
一般现在时中，第三人称单数主语（that puppy）后的动词要加 -s，nip 的第三人称单数形式是 nips。汉语没有主谓一致变化，容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子My fingers nipped by the cold wind.
正确表达My fingers were nipped by the cold wind.
英语被动语态由 be + 过去分词构成；主语 my fingers 是受事，动作由 the cold wind 发出，所以要用 were nipped。汉语的“被”字句可以不用系动词，因此容易漏掉 were。
防患于未然；扼杀在萌芽状态
We should nip this problem in the bud before it gets worse.
我们应该在这个问题恶化之前将其扼杀在萌芽状态。
剪掉；掐掉
She nipped off the dead leaves from the plant.
她掐掉了植物上的枯叶。
快速出去；溜出去
I'm just nipping out for a coffee.
我正要出去喝杯咖啡。
快速穿过
He nipped through the crowd to catch the bus.
他快速穿过人群去赶公交车。
轻咬；掐
The puppy nipped at my fingers playfully.
小狗调皮地轻咬我的手指。
防患于未然；扼杀在摇篮里
We must nip this problem in the bud before it escalates.
我们必须在问题升级之前把它扼杀在摇篮里。
势均力敌；不相上下
The race was nip and tuck until the last lap.
比赛直到最后一圈都难分胜负。
紧跟某人；紧追不舍
The detective was nipping at the criminal's heels.
侦探紧紧追着罪犯不放。
我要把它扼杀在萌芽状态！
Homer said he would nip the problem in the bud before it got worse.
霍默说他会趁问题变得更糟之前将其扼杀在萌芽状态。
我要把这事扼杀在萌芽状态。
Jerry decided to nip the gossip in the bud by addressing it directly.
杰瑞决定直接处理，把流言扼杀在摇篮里。
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捏；夹；咬某人/某物
The crab nipped my toe.
螃蟹夹了我的脚趾。