nibble
['nibl]
v.一点点地咬, 轻咬, 吹毛求疵, (审慎地)表示有意接受
n.轻咬, 少量
例句与用法:
He didn't answer, but just continued to nibble at his food.
他没有回答,只是继续一点一点地吃东西。
The mice have nibbled a hole in the cheese.
老鼠在奶酪上啃出了一个洞。
Food and rent nibbled away at the money they had saved.
花在食物和房租上的钱把他们的积蓄一点一点耗掉了。
词形变化:
动词过去式: nibbled | 动词过去分词: nibbled | 动词现在分词: nibbling | 动词第三人称单数: nibbles |
vt.
一点点地咬(或吃); 一点一点去掉[(+away/off)]
She sat down to nibble candy.
她坐下来, 慢慢地吃着糖果。
vi.[(+at)]
1. 一点一点地咬(或吃)
I could feel fish nibbling at the bait.
我能感觉到有鱼在轻咬鱼饵。
2. 小心谨慎地对待(或进攻)
3. 吹毛求疵; 抨击
The critic nibbled at the young writer's new novel.
那位批评家对这位青年作家的新小说作了吹毛求疵的抨击。
4. 显出有意接受的样子
n.[C]
1. 细咬; 啃[(+at)]
2. 咬一口的量; 少量
Would you like a nibble?
你想吃一点吗?
3. 【电脑】半字节
短语词组:
nibble at
1. 小口咬
There must be some fish nibbling at the bait.
肯定有什么鱼在咬鱼饵了。
2. 对……表示略有接受的意思
It seems that she is nibbling at your suggestions.
她似乎对你的建议显出有意接受的样子。
nibble
过去式:nibbled
过去分词:nibbled
现在进行时:nibbling
名词复数:nibbles
词形变化:
动词过去式: nibbled | 动词过去分词: nibbled | 动词现在分词: nibbling | 动词第三人称单数: nibbles |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.细咬; 咀嚼
chew
munch
同义参见:
crumb
snack
peck2
eat
nibble['nibl]vt.1.■一点一点地吃(或咬);啃:He nibbled a piece of bread while drawing a picture.他一边画画儿一边啃着一片面包。2.■轻咬;轻轻地掐:He nibbled me not to talk about it.他轻轻掐了我一下,让我别把这件事说出去。3.■一点点地去掉,蚕食:His lofty ideas were nibbled by years.他的雄心壮志被岁月慢慢磨掉了。vi.1.■一点点地咬(或吃);啃:Then they nibbled at their supper for about one hour.然后,他们用了将近一个小时的时间,慢慢享用他们的晚餐。2.■一点一点地轻咬;蚕食:to nibble at another country's territory蚕食他国领土3.■吹毛求疵,找碴儿;抨击:Don't nibble, I don't want to quarrel with you now.别找碴儿,我今天可不想和你吵架。4.■谨慎地着手;胆怯地对待:Don't nibble at your picture if you want to be a painter.如果你想成为一名画家,你就不要缩手缩脚地不敢下笔。5.■(对诱惑、建议、交易等)显出有意接受的样子:It seems that he'll nibble at my trick soon.看来,他很快就要上我的当了。n.1.■啃;一点点儿地咬(或吃)2.■轻咬;轻掐3.■咬一小口的量,少量;一小口4.■[口语]很少的食物5.■【计算机】半个字节,4个比特变形vt.nibblednibbling
nibblenibble[ˈnibl]vt.1.■细吞[咬, 食]
词性变化nibble[ˈnibl]vi.1.■啃, (鱼等)一点点地咬2.■(对别人意见、交易等)做出有意接受的样子(at)3.■吹毛求疵, 批评, 攻击(at)4.■分段冲截(at)5.■半字节, 四位字节tactics of -ling away蚕食政策critics -ling at a new play攻击一部新戏的剧评家们nibble[ˈnibl]n.1.■细咬; 少量, 一小块; (鱼)试咬2.■不愿意似的回答glorious day for a nibble钓鱼的好日子I felt a nibble at the bait.我感到(有鱼)轻咬一下饵。Each nibble was eaten with the air of an epicure.每小块食物都吃得津津有味的样子。
verb
- take small bites out of
啃;一点点地咬(或吃)
[with obj.]he sat nibbling a biscuit.
他坐在那里一点点地吃一块饼干。
[no obj.]she nibbled at her food.
她小口地吃着食物。
■[no obj.]eat in small amounts, especially between meals
(尤指两餐间)断断续续吃少量东西
■gently bite at (a part of the body), especially amorously or nervously
(尤指挑逗性地或紧张地)轻咬(身体某部位)
[with obj.]Tamar nibbled her bottom lip.
塔玛轻咬着她的下嘴唇。
[no obj.]he nibbled at her earlobe.
他轻咬着她的耳垂。
■(figurative)gradually erode or eat away
(喻)蚕食
[no obj.]inflation was nibbling away at spending power.
通货膨胀正在蚕食着消费力。
■[no obj.](figurative)show cautious interest in a project or proposal
(喻)表现出谨慎的兴趣
there's an American agent nibbling.
有个美国的代理商表现出谨慎的兴趣。
- [in sing.]an instance of nibbling something
啃;一点点地咬;轻咬
■a small piece of food bitten off
(咬下的)少量食物
■(nibbles)(informal)small savoury snacks, typically eaten before a meal or with drinks
(非正式)(尤指餐前或下酒)开胃菜
■(informal)a show of interest in a commercial opportunity
(非正式)对商业机会感兴趣的表示
- late 15th cent.: probably of Low German or Dutch origin: compare with Low German nibbeln 'gnaw'
nibble
名词 nibble:
a small byte
同义词:nybble
gentle biting
动词 nibble:
bite off very small pieces
bite gently
eat intermittently; take small bites of
nibble
■nibble at
v. 啃, 一点一点地咬, 吹毛求疵
■"He has 34 microseconds at each stop" to slide down the chimney, drop off the presents, nibble on his cookies and milk and hop back on his sleigh, Larsson said.
“他在每一站只能有34微秒的时间”滑下烟囱,投下礼物,啃点儿饼干抿点儿牛奶,然后再跳回到他的雪橇上,拉尔森说。
■"If you start compromising too early... They nibble you to death"(People)
“如果你过早妥协,他们会一点一点地把你吞噬”(民族)
■"If you start compromising too early . . . they nibble you to death" (People)
“如果你过早妥协,他们会一点一点地把你吞噬”(民族)
■nibble away
一点一点地咬吃,蚕食
■Meals nibble eat have bite between lunch nosh eat munch out eat to a
一点点地吃,加餐,偷吃
■House Sunderly of Saltcliffe - A drowned man, pink and pale, floating upright in a blue-green sea, his hair streaming upwards, as fish nibble at his limbs.
一片蓝绿色海面上,垂直的飘浮着一个溺死的人,苍白浮肿?,他的头发一缕缕的向上竖起,鱼咬着其四肢。
■A drowned man, pink and pale, floating upright in a blue-green sea, his hair streaming upwards, as fish nibble at his limbs
一片蓝绿色海面上,垂直的飘浮着一个溺死的人,苍白浮肿??,他的头发一缕缕的向上竖起,鱼咬着其四肢。
■Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.
不知什么东西在使他从陈腐的学说里摄取精神食粮,仿佛他那壮硕的体格的唯我主义已经不再能滋养他那颗唯我独尊的心了。
■You could use an 8-bit mask and an AND operation in order to isolate one or the other numeric nibble.
为了将一个或另一个半字节分离出来,你可以使用一个八位屏蔽,并进行一次“与”运算。
■Incident shows online travel business to be opposite " go intermediary is changed " sale means " nibble " of the market anxious.
事件显示出在线旅游商对“去中介化”营销方式“蚕食”市场的担忧。
■00:41 In fact, if they get too close, they're more apt to fight than to playfully nibble.
事实上,如果它们靠的太近,它们更容易打斗而不是开玩笑地轻咬。
■They wait for a familiar pattern to emerge like fishermen wait for a nibble at a riverbank where they fished many times in the past.
他们等待熟悉的模式出现,就像渔夫一样,过去已经这样钓了很多次鱼,现在还是在等待鱼儿上钩。
■for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
他宁愿扛上一副弓箭,花好几个小时穿过树林、越过沼泽地、爬上山坡,再走下溪谷,就是为了射那几只松鼠或野鸽子。
■He nibble at my idea, but will not make a definite decision.
他对我的想法颇感兴趣,但不做出决定。
■He didn't answer, but just continued to nibble at his food.
他没有回答,只是继续一点一点地吃东西。
■His teeth having all dropped out, he could only nibble away at his food.
他牙齿全掉光了,他吃东西时只能一点一点地咬。
■49. He saw buffaloes dive beneath the floodwater to nibble grass.
他看见水牛潜到水下逐食水草。
■He tried to find something to say to Hsin-mei, but Hsin-mei ignored him.Left without aid or resistance, he let the pain of his affliction nibble and gnaw away at his heart.
他竭力寻出话来跟辛楣说,辛楣不理他,鸿渐无抵抗、无救援地让痛苦蚕食虫蚀着他的心。
■Sporting waders that reached up to his chest, he worked his way south down a sandbar, searching for his first nibble of the day.
他身上穿着齐胸的浅海防水衣,仗着这一身装备,老头子又绕过一处沙滩酒吧,继续涉水走向深一点的地方,希望今天有所斩获。
■But he says have it is right that I feel, change in state-owned company namely nibble and embezzle appeared really in making the circumstance of state-owned asset.
但是他说的有一条我觉得是对的,就是在国有企业改制中确实出现了蚕食和侵吞国有资产的情况。
■low nibble
低效半位元组
■you'd kind of nibble on my ear?
你怎样轻轻地咬我的耳朵吗?”
■Would you like a nibble?
你想吃一点吗?
■You say you've been meaning to nibble on carrots and celery instead of junk food?
你说你一直打算要慢慢地啃胡萝卜和芹菜来取代垃圾食物吗?
■Do you remember how you used to hug me and kiss me and nibble on my ear?
你还记得你过去是如何抱我,吻我并轻咬我的耳朵吗?
■The man told the court he had been unable to help himself because he wanted to nibble on something sweet, Kropp said.
克洛普的说法,老汉向法庭做出了如下的解释,由于他总是忍不住想吃一些甜的东西,所以自然也就无法控制自己的偷盗行为。
■Ready for the latest in spa pampering Prepare to dunk your feet in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
准备宠爱自己一下,享受最新的温泉浴?把脚浸泡在一个水槽里,让小鱼一点一点啃掉角质层。
■She was extravagant and loved to nibble, how could he support her with a child on the way too?
凭虎妞的爱花爱吃,他供给不起,况且她还有了孕呢!
■Being a good guest he braced himself and gingerly took a small nibble
出于礼貌赫鲁晓夫硬着头皮小心谨慎的咬了一小口。
■nibble address buffer
分时地址缓冲器
■Don't nibble, I don't want to quarrel with you now.
别找碴儿,我今天可不想和你吵架。
■nibble serial
半字节串
■nibble mode
半字节方式, 四位方式
■Tortoises, Warner explained, "like to nibble their toes to get to know each other."
华纳解释说,例如乌龟“喜欢通过咬脚趾来认识对方。”
■Carol: Hi, I could not help by admire the pitch of your roof. Care to nibble on my muffins?
卡罗尔:嗨,这房子的屋顶弄的不错,他喜欢我做的蛋糕吗?
■But he could only nibble two steamed buns of broomcorn flour at each meal.
可是他每顿饭只能啃两个高粱面馍。
■right nibble
右尼, 右半字节
■Time to eat bitter gourd, as long as you nibble one would think that hard, but a few chews, I know that it has so sweet!
吃苦瓜的时候,只要你轻咬一口,就会觉得很苦,但多嚼几下,就知道它还有甜味呢!
■nibble between meals
吃零食
■Jim: So would you like something to nibble on before dinner?
吉姆:所以你要不要在晚饭前吃点什么?
■Also, the Soviets began to nibble at our bait.
同时,苏联人开始表示对我们的主张感兴趣。
■Nibble on healthy snacks(like carrot sticks or pieces of fruit)and drink plenty of water.
咀嚼健康的点心(如红萝卜或水果)并多喝水.
■nibble off
咬掉
■Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn't touch, which turned out to be pepper.
哈利吃到了烤面包味儿的,椰子味儿的,烘豆味儿的,草莓,咖喱,青草,咖啡和沙丁鱼味儿的,他甚至还壮着胆子咬了一小口罗恩不敢碰的一个灰色豆子,发现原来是胡椒味儿的。
■to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
啃
■nibble at an ear of corn
啃老玉米
■Ancient granite outcrops reflect in the still water of Sylvan Lake in South Dakota's Custer State Park as a lone fisherman awaits a nibble.
在南达科他州考斯德州立公园的森林之湖,岸边露头的古老花岗岩,反射在静止的水面上,此时一垂钓孤翁等鱼咬饵。
■In a junk shop , you must browse and nibble here and there at a sight or a touch of the goods that lie about you.
在旧货店里,你需要慢慢浏览,东瞧瞧,西摸摸,不要急着下决心购买
■In prosecuting the so-called war on terror, many governments in Western countries where freedoms seemed secure have been tempted to nibble away at them.
在面对所谓的反恐战争的指控时,许多西方国家的政府试图用安全借口一点一点地吃掉公众的自由。
nibble at
1. 小口咬
There must be some fish nibbling at the bait.
肯定有什么鱼在咬鱼饵了。
2. 对……表示略有接受的意思
It seems that she is nibbling at your suggestions.
她似乎对你的建议显出有意接受的样子。
习惯用语nibbleat1.■轻咬, 细咬, 一点点地咬[吃]2.■对...吹毛求疵3.■(对建议、交易)显示有兴趣或有意接受的样子