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nibblenibbleD.J.:[ˈnibl]K.K.:[ˈnɪbəl]vt. & vi.1.■啃; 一点一点地咬(吃)She nibbled at her food.她一小口一小口地吃东西。vt.1.■啃出(洞); 一点一点咬出(洞)The mice have nibbled a hole in the cheese.老鼠在干酪上咬了一个洞。vi.1.■(对提议、建议等)显出略有兴趣的样子n.1.■啃; 轻咬; 显出有兴趣2.■很少量食物

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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]

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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。