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nippy

/nip-ee/US // ˈnɪp i //UK // (ˈnɪpɪ) //

乳臭未干,乳臭未干的人,乳臭未干的,乳臭味干

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    nip·pi·er, nip·pi·est.

    • : chilly or cold: morning air that feels a bit nippy.
    • : sharp or biting; tangy: This cheese has a good, nippy taste.
    • : Chiefly British Informal. nimble; agile.

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Examples

  • Summer is starting to retreat and the morning air is already nippy.

  • But Nippy would keep on doing it until everything was gone.

  • The air was getting a little nippy, as Buster called it; so that several of the motorboat boys had donned their sweaters.

  • He remembered that he had ridden in one a few days before and that it was what he called "nifty and nippy."

  • Yer'd best look nippy and come into the kitchen and 'ave yer brekfus'.

  • Even elderly ladies who looked with abhorrence upon the drinking habit were not denied their wee bit nippy.

  • He directed the men to help him onto his feet and soon came back with his old-fashioned nippy gait.

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