nip and tuck 详细解释

nip and tuck

势均力敌, 不相上下

词形变化

动词过去式: nipped | 动词过去分词: nipped | 动词现在分词: niping | 动词第三人称单数: nips |

英英释义

名词 nip and tuck:

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

同义词:face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty

形容词 nip and tuck:

inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

同义词:neck and neck, head-to-head

副词 nip and tuck:

even or close in a race or competition or comparison

同义词:neck and neck, head-to-head

补充

nip and tucknip and tuck1.势均力敌, 不相上下It was nip and tuck as to which boat would reach port first.两条船中哪一条先进港都很难说。

例句

1. It was nip and tuck.那真是势均力敌。 2. [as adv.]it was nip and tuck to 7–7 until Best took the lead.这场势均力敌的比赛一直打到7比7拜斯特队才领先。 3. The race was nip and tuck for a while.比赛一时间不相上下。 4. The candidates were running nip and tuck early in the campaign.竞选之初,候选者们势均力敌。