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nibble

C1 verb

nibble /ˈnɪb(ə)l/ nghĩa là gặm, nhấm nháp

Các nghĩa

  1. gặm, nhấm nháp

    To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).

    transitive

    The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.

    I then nibbled all the red wax of our last ball-tickets, […]

    Where every stream in its pent-house / Goes gurgling on its way, / And in his gallery the mouse / Nibbleth the meadow hay; […]

  2. cắn yêu, cắn nhẹ

    To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.

    transitive

    My hand, as it hangs down, thou nibblest tenderly, […]

    Social animals perform many little services for each other: horses nibble, and cows lick each other, on any spot which itches: […]

  3. gặm thủng lỗ

    To make (a hole in something) through small bites.

    transitive

  4. vừa gặm vừa đi

    To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.

    transitive

    Before he realized it, he had nibbled his way through a whole bag of potato chips.

    The cows nibbled their way across the field.

  5. gặm cho đến khi

    Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.

    transitive

    The bases of the smaller trees were nibbled bare by rabbits, […]

    The grass had been nibbled short and even, so this stretch was not shaggy and red like the surrounding country, but gray and velvety.

  6. gặm bỏ đi

    Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.

    transitive

    Am I reiected, all my baites nibled off, / And not the fiſh caught?

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. bấm, cắt (thủy tinh, gạch)

    To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.

    transitive

  2. nhấm nháp · nhâm nhi

    Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.

    intransitive

    The rabbit nibbled at the lettuce.

    He vvill rob me, his teeth vvater to be nibbling at my gold, but this ſhal hang him by'th gills, till I pull him on ſhore.

    Go daughters vvith your Angels to the brooke, / And ſee if any ſiluer-coated fiſh, / VVill nibble at your vvorme-embovveld hooks: […]

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