a nipper
He's just a nipper.
他只是个小家伙。
小孩；孩子
nippers — plural of nipper
螯；钳；掐或夹的人或物；一种鱼,即光鳃鱼；螃蟹或龙虾的螯；幼蓝鱼
a young person of either sex
掐或夹的人或物
One who, or that which, nips.
一种鱼,即光鳃鱼
A fish, the cunner.
螃蟹或龙虾的螯
The claws of a crab or lobster.
幼蓝鱼
A young bluefish.
自动锁紧手铐中的一只
One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
The nipper next door is always chasing the cat.
隔壁的小孩总在追猫。
用法提示：这里 nipper 是名词，指小孩。
My nipper starts school in September, so we are buying a uniform.
我家孩子九月要上学了，所以我们正在买校服。
用法提示：nipper 作名词，口语中称自己的孩子。
The beach was full of nippers building sandcastles.
海滩上满是堆沙堡的小孩子。
用法提示：复数 nippers 指孩子们。
He's just a nipper.
他只是个小家伙。
The nippers are playing in the garden.
孩子们在花园里玩耍。
指钳子或镊子。
She used a pair of nippers to cut the wire.
她用一把钳子剪断了电线。
指甲壳动物的螯。
The crab's nipper was raised defensively.
螃蟹的螯举起来防御。
grammar · medium
易错句子He bought a nipper at the hardware store.
正确表达He bought some nippers at the hardware store.
作“钳子”解时，"nippers" 是复数形式，类似于 "scissors"，英语中这类工具通常用复数。汉语中“镊子”是单数，故学习者易误用单数。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please nipper the paper.
正确表达Please nip the paper.
"nipper" 是名词，表示“钳子”或“小孩”，不能作动词。"nip" 才是动词，意为“剪断”或“夹住”。学习者受 "-er" 后缀影响，误以为可作动词。
kid泛指小孩，语气中性；nipper指小孩时更口语化且多见于英国英语。
tweezers仅指镊子；nipper可指镊子，也可指手铐、螯或小孩。
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