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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adj.形容词 adjective
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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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