| 词汇 | nibble |
| 释义 | nibble verb uk /ˈnɪb.əl/ us /ˈnɪb.əl/ [ I or T ] to eat something by taking a lot of small bites: 啃，小口咬 Do you have some peanuts for us to nibble while the party warms up?你有花生让我们边吃边活跃聚会气氛吗？ A mouse has nibbled through the computer cables.老鼠啃断了计算机的电缆线。 Jenny's hamster's nibbled a hole in the sofa.珍妮的仓鼠把沙发咬了个洞。 to chew food chewMake sure you chew your food thoroughly. biteShe bit into the apple. nibbleShe nibbled on peanuts while waiting for her dinner to cook. munchHe munched popcorn throughout the whole film. crunchShe was crunching on an apple. chompHe was chomping a chocolate bar. [ T ] to bite something gently and repeatedly: 反复轻咬 She nibbled his ear.她轻轻地咬着他的耳朵。 Biting, chewing & swallowing bit bite biter champ chew chew on something chomp dunk gnaw lick masticate mastication masticatory munch rumination suck unbitten unchewable unchewed Phrasal verbnibble (away) at something nibble noun uk /ˈnɪb.əl/ us /ˈnɪb.əl/ [ C ] an act of nibbling something: 啃，小口咬 Just take/have a nibble to see if you like the taste.就咬一小口看看你是否喜欢这味道。 nibbles[ plural ]UKinformal small pieces of food that are eaten between or before meals, often with alcoholic drinks: （在两餐之间或餐前搭配酒精饮料吃的）点心，小吃 I bought some crisps, nuts, and other nibbles.我买了些薯片、干果和其他小吃。 [ S ] an expression of interest in something: 有兴趣的表示 Our house was on the market for six months and there wasn't a single nibble.我们的房屋已经公开出售6个月，但无人问津。 Biting, chewing & swallowing bit bite biter champ chew chew on something chomp dunk gnaw lick masticate mastication masticatory munch rumination suck unbitten unchewable unchewed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm nibble | American Dictionarynibble verb[ I/T ] us/ˈnɪb·əl/ to eat something by taking a lot of small bites: [ T ]Ben stopped nibbling his apple. [ I ]Keep vegetables handy to nibble on. You can nibble something by moving your teeth against it without eating it: [ T ]Fish were nibbling at their hands. nibble noun[ C ] us/ˈnɪb·əl/ the act of eating something by taking a lot of small bites: fig. The real-estate agent says she’s gotten some nibbles for our house (= some people have expressed interest in it). Examples of nibblenibble The word byte brought forth nibble or nybble (half a byte) and gulp (two bytes), neither of which are much used, however. With iterative activities (24c) such as nibbling, to take a nibble denotes one subevent of nibbling (a semelfactive). In practice, nibble is often used in conjunction with the string combinator. A cautious developer will carry out simulations of particularly risky approaches - and perhaps nibble fingernails when the system goes live. The basic method is related to nibble methods used to colour graphs having 'near-disjoint' cliques. They declined, however, to eat pupae of any species, though they nibbled at them occasionally. It nibbled at the boundaries of what respectability might want to construct as private. However, slowly growing rural populations are likely to nibble away at any land that has the potential for crop production, which gives higher returns per hectare. Competitive markets abolish themselves, which is perhaps why the government stuffs the private sector's mouth with gold - to keep it nibbling around the edges and providing 'competition' for electives. The stalemate is occurring in the centre and the nibbling is taking place on the flanks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least they nibble away at the monstrous international monopoly which airlines have managed to establish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have simply nibbled at the fringes of the problem instead of tackling it head on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that it is only nibbling at the problem of the highways throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that if one allows nibbling into the green belt one may slightly reduce the amenities of these places for those living there already. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes only a tiny midge nibble at the edge of the current farming crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of nibble These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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