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

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

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  peck  eat  

英英释义

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

同义词：pick, piece

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。

补充

nibblenibble英:[ˈnibl] 美:[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

例句

1. Just nibble a piece of bread.就啃一片面包吃吧。 2. The rabbit was nibbling a leaf.兔子在啃一片叶子。 3. She nibbled my ear lobe playfully.她调皮地轻咬我的耳垂。 4. Daniel Winter nibbled on his pen.丹尼尔•温特轻咬着钢笔尖。 5. Mice have been nibbling at the skirting boards.老鼠们一直在一点点地啃咬壁脚板。 6. She nibbled at her food.她小口小口地吃着食物。 7. The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.小鸟们紧贴在墙壁上, 啄着砖墙。 8. how best to compete with the overseas nations nibbling at our traditional markets如何以最佳方式和那些正在蚕食我们传统市场的海外国家展开竞争 9. The publishers are nibbling, but they haven't yet decided to bite.出版商们在小心谨慎地考虑, 但还没有决定要做。 10. If you bring the price down, buyers may start to nibble.如果你把价格降下来, 没准买主们就要仔细思考一番了。 11. Honestly, I've had nothing but a few nibbles of cheese.说老实话, 除了几小口奶酪, 我什么东西都没吃。 12. I might manage a nibble of smoked salmon.我或许能吃一小口熏鲑鱼。 13. We each took a nibble.我们每人都吃了一小口。 14. Percy took a nibble at the lettuce leaf and made a face.珀西咬了一小口莴苣叶, 做了个鬼脸。 15. We haven't even had a nibble from literary agents.那些文稿代理商对我们甚至没有显示丝毫兴趣。 16. Months went by without a nibble from potential employers.几个月过去了, 没有一个潜在雇主表示有任何兴趣。 17. He nibbled a piece of bread while drawing a picture.他一边画画儿一边啃着一片面包。 18. 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。 19. His lofty ideas were nibbled by years.他的雄心壮志被岁月慢慢磨掉了。 20. 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。 21. to nibble at another country's territory蚕食他国领土 22. 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。 23. 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。 24. It seems that he'll nibble at my trick soon.看来，他很快就要上我的当了。 25. [with obj.]he sat nibbling a biscuit.他坐在那里一点点地吃一块饼干。 26. [no obj.]she nibbled at her food.她小口地吃着食物。 27. [with obj.]Tamar nibbled her bottom lip.塔玛轻咬着她的下嘴唇。 28. [no obj.]he nibbled at her earlobe.他轻咬着她的耳垂。 29. [no obj.]inflation was nibbling away at spending power.通货膨胀正在蚕食着消费力。 30. there's an American agent nibbling.有个美国的代理商表现出谨慎的兴趣。 31. The bread had been nibbled by mice.这面包给老鼠啃过。 32. We nibbled cheese and crackers.我们一点一点地吃着奶酪和饼干。 33. We nibbled on some cheese and crackers before dinner.晚餐前我们小口地吃了点奶酪和饼干。 34. She felt a fish nibble at the end of her fishing line.她感觉到鱼在轻咬钓线的尾钩。 35. Insects nibbled at the tree's leaves.昆虫啃树叶。 36. "He nibbled at the idea of changing careers [=he thought briefly about changing careers], but decided against it in the end."他略微地想了想换工作的事情，但最终决定不换了。 37. He nibbled her ear.他轻咬她的耳朵。 38. Police have been nibbling (away) at crime in the city for years. [=police have been very slowly reducing the amount of crime in the city]这些年来，警方一直在逐渐消除这座城市的犯罪活动。 39. He felt a nibble on his fishing line.他感觉到钓线被轻轻咬了一下。 40. May I have a nibble of your sandwich?我能尝一口你的三明治吗？ 41. "We've gotten a couple of nibbles on our house [=a couple of people have said that they were thinking about buying our house], but nobody has made a serious offer for it yet."一些人对买我们的房子有兴趣，但还没有一个真谈价钱的。 42. They served some delicious nibbles before dinner.他们在餐前上了些可口的小吃。