中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 捏，夹，寒冷，尖刻话
- vt.
- 捏，夹，钳，剪断，损伤，冻伤，一小口
- vi.
- 夹，捏，刺骨，快走，一小口一小口地抿(酒)
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From late Middle English nippen, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, probably a byform of earlier *knippen (suggested by the derivative Middle English knippette (“pincers”)), from Middle Low German knîpen, from Old Saxon *knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knīpaną (“to pinch”).
Related to Dutch nijpen, knijpen (“to pinch”), Danish nive (“pinch”); Swedish nypa (“pinch”); Low German knipen; German kneipen and kneifen (“to pinch, cut off, nip”), Old Norse hnippa (“to prod, poke”); Lithuanian knebti.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To taunt.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To steal; especially to cut a purse.
名词 Noun
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释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
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词源说明
Canada 1931.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.