核心畫面
A quick, small, sharp catch between two edges — teeth, fingers, or a pinch — that grips for just an instant and then lets go. Everything about nip is small and brief: a little bite, a short sharp pinch, a fast in-and-out.
可以想成兩個邊緣（牙齒、兩根手指）很快地夾一下又鬆開——又小、又尖、又短。nip 的核心畫面就圍繞「小小地、快快地咬…更多收起
可以想成兩個邊緣（牙齒、兩根手指）很快地夾一下又鬆開——又小、又尖、又短。nip 的核心畫面就圍繞「小小地、快快地咬一口或捏一下」這個動作，所有衍生意思都帶著這份「小而短促」的味道。原始詞典資料32 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Nipnoun/nɪp/
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offensiveslurdatedslangA Japanese person.
- CHUNGKING, Oct. 10—Chinese counterblows against the Japanese offensive in south China have reeled the Nips back from two towns in the approaches to Kweilin, capital city of Kwangsi Province, today’s Chinese High Command communique announced.
Nipadj/nɪp/
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offensiveslurdatedslangJapanese.
nipverb詞源 1/nɪp/
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To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress.
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To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- The small shoots ... must be nipt off.
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To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
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To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
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To annoy, as by nipping.
- And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
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To taunt.
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To squeeze or pinch.
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obsoleteTo steal; especially to cut a purse.
- Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.
- The twelfth is a beau-trap, if a cull he does meet, / He nips all his cole, and turns him into the street.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteTo affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'
- He had never expected to fling the soldier, or to be flung by Flea. “One nips or is nipped,” he thought, “and never knows beforehand. …"
nipnoun詞源 1/nɪp/
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A playful bite.
- The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
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A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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Briskly cold weather.
- There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
- The day had only just broken, and there was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow.
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A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- the nip of masses of ice
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A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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businessminingA more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
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A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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nauticaltransportA short turn in a rope.
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artscraftshobbiesThe place of intersection where one roll touches another
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obsoleteA pickpocket.
- A novice nip, newly arrived in London, went one afternoon to the Red Bull in Bishopsgate, an inn converted to a playhouse.
nipnoun詞源 2/nɪp/
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A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
- He had a nip of whiskey.
nipnoun詞源 3/nɪp/
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vulgarslangA nipple, usually of a woman.
- Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?
- I find bras totally uncomfortable, hot and itchy, for both work and leisure. But looking around, I seem to be in the minority. What are the rules for going braless? Is it OK to show my nips, or is it rude?
nipverb詞源 3/nɪp/
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vulgarslangTo have erect nipples.
nipverb詞源 4/nɪp/
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informalTo make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?
- My trip ends at Wrexham General. While the '150' trundles the final half-mile down the single line to Wrexham Central, I nip over the footbridge to explore the main part of the station.
nipnoun詞源 5/nɪp/
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A hamburger.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。