| 单词 |
nipped |
| 释义 |
▪ I. nipped, ppl. a.|nɪpt|
[f. nip v.1 + -ed1.]
That has been, or is, pinched, compressed, severely checked, etc.
1535[see nippet, nippit]. 1615Jackson Creed v. iv, Human affections like to liquors kept in close vessels or nipt glasses secretly multiply their natural strength. 1759Compl. Lett.-Writer (ed. 6) 223 Jenny Rowland's nipped short waist. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. liv, In solitude Small power the nipp'd affections have to grow. 1820Shelley Autumn ii, The chill rain is falling, the nipped worm is crawling. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 477 A nipped expression of face.
b. With in or up, denoting a compressed or contracted state.
1850Ansted Geol. §1158 The levels at those places where the lode is narrow, or nipped in, are very narrow and confined. 1867Waugh Winter Fire iii, Th' hinder-quarter's nipt in like a greyhount whelp. 1892Mrs. Clifford Aunt Anne I. 184 She said I looked nipped-up, and asked me to sit down and get warm.
▪ II. † nipped a.
obs. var. nibbed a. (Cf. nip n.4)
1725Bailey Erasm. Colloq. (1878) I. 103 Do you love to write with a hard-nip'd Pen or a soft? |
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