| 单词 | nip off |
| 例句 | If he could somehow get hold of the pieces of his motorcycle, and if he could manage to nip off a strand of Miss K’s strong hair, perhaps he could tie his motorcycle together again. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They churred excitedly when someone discovered a large scorpion—and muttered with disappointment as the lucky finder nipped off the stinger and ate the rest of the creature! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately that job was done far better by Sarah Churchwell in this Saturday's Guardian Review – so nip off and read that if you still want to be persuaded. The Great Gatsby: F Scott Fitzgerald is right on time 2013-05-07T13:41:06Z This same flashy color pattern decorates the fancy-leaved Pelargonium `Miss Burdett-Coutts’, so colorful it is best grown alone in a pot, its red flowers nipped off. These plants with golden foliage create sunshine in the garden 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Five years we could nip off for a long weekend away without worrying who would take the dog. Perspective | Archie and me: Meet the newest Kelly, a skinny rescue dog with a tennis ball habit 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z “We know where everyone is. So we’ve nipped off that bud of transmission,” said Sergienko, whose county now has 13 confirmed cases. COVID-19 finally came. Armed with a plan, Mariposa County was waiting to fight back 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Or nipping off the legs of a few pieces. Meet my muse, a loving and happy presence, despite the troubling turns in her young life 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He is so polite and welcoming that when he nips off I follow, thinking we will be walking down endless tastefully decorated minimalist corridors to find the WC. Musician, activist, soothsayer: the many talents of Moby 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Now, until the fences are rebuilt, the shorn stems will struggle to grow: new shoots and leaves nipped off as fast as they appear, their progress arrested indefinitely. ‘People think the deer are lovely. Then they learn more about it’: the deer cull dilemma 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The bigger eyes provide their owners with a sharper view of the world, but “they are riskier. If you get those nipped off, you’re blind.” These Worms Are Like Feather Dusters With Eyes 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z That makes sense, Swanton says, because if the immune system targets trunk antigens, it's hitting most of the cancer cells, rather than “nipping off little branches”. Cancer therapy: an evolved approach 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z West's presence on the album sounds like depression: a songwriter digitizing himself to distraction, nipping off too-big feelings before they render him catatonic. Kanye West's game-changing '808s & Heartbreak' still resounds 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z He can't react quickly enough and sees the ball nipped off his toes. Chelsea v Manchester United – as it happened 2012-10-28T17:55:48Z The figure-head—the fair Augusta, the little blue girl with pink cheeks, who had lost her breast by an iceberg and her nose by a nip off Bedevilled Reach—was taken from the bows. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z If this is too long, nip off the end and file it up taper and smooth until it will work freely in a hole in the needle guard, with all parts in their proper places. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Summer Pruning should be performed while the shoots are yet young and succulent, so that they may in most cases be nipped off with the thumb-nail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z They do their best to nip off all other buds, that the juices of the tree of fame may be concentrated on their favorite fruit. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z Every day comes a cold east wind to nip off my nose, and the devil a bit of anything else comes to Green Peace. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z As soon as the latter plants appear above ground, the bird pulls them up, nips off the seed-leaves, and the field remains strewn with the fragments of the young plants. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Those who desire to bud early, may accelerate the development of the buds by nipping off the points of the shoots to be used, this, in a few days, causes the buds to swell. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Charles IX., sunk again in brooding, made no reply; he was anxiously nipping off some crumbs of bread that happened to lie on his doublet and hose. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z There may be some grass on the pitch but apart from the first few overs it lacks pace and nip off the seam. India 224, England 84-0 2011-08-10T20:45:50Z In some of the best constructed conservatories the frost nipped off many a tender plant, and as costly as tender, while out-door gardeners suffered losses bewailed bitterly for many a long year. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Squire Longbow took a large chew of plug-tobacco, which I thought he nipped off very short, and remained standing, with his eyes fixed on Turtle. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Just meanness on the part of the Huns, or is it part of some ulterior design to straighten the salient and nip off the two points of woods we are holding? Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z "Goodness me!" exclaimed Little Jack Rabbit, "he looks just like that naughty bird who when The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes, Hopped along the clothesline And nipped off her nose." Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z And the Crab, as soon as he felt himself safe, nipped off the Crane’s head as clean as if it had been cut with a knife. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z Sergeant Silk took it and ran the tip of his tongue along the edge of the paper, smoothing it down neatly and nipping off the shreds of tobacco which protruded from the ends. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z “Well, I’ve got to admit, havin’ played politics myself somewhat,” said Britt, unconsolingly, “that a quiet little frost of scandal will nip off a budding leaf that a wind like this wouldn’t start.” King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The plan was to nip off the salient by a simultaneous attack on both sides. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z They did considerable damage by nipping off the oat heads before the farmers could finish the reaping. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z A rabbit, who in another month would throw off his brown vest and put on his white winter overcoat, went loping past, stopping occasionally to nip off a wintergreen leaf. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z Mahmudullah sends down a rather innocuous over of spin before Shafiul gets to to nip off the seam, Strauss has a half-hearted push and Kayes snaffles a simple chance at second slip. Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-06-04T09:35:00Z Bellamy nips off with the ball like a mouse with a bit of cheese in its mouth. Arsenal v Manchester City - live! 2010-04-24T16:01:00Z It knows too much to risk having its radula, or tongue, nipped off by putting it between the partly-open valves of the dying cockle. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them If the bladder is opened from the front, as already described, the villi may be nipped off by special forceps and the disease permanently cured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Here, boy!"—this to Dollops—"nip off as quickly as you can, and head them off. The Riddle of the Night Here are pyramids of flowers—if I should throw them all in a heap, if I should nip off the choice plants?—that would be childish! Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I cannot learn, however, that they do any wanton damage, beyond nipping off a few old leaves to make their beds, which is no serious injury. The Woodlands Orchids No, you must attend to the matter yourself, my friend; so nip off and be about it. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories A woeful sight met our eyes—vines nipped off and trampled down and general havoc and confusion in all the ranks. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. They nip off a jewel in a crowd, quite noiselessly and in half a second, I've been told. The Girls and I A Veracious History He had meandered homewards, pausing here and there to nip off a clover head or tear at a plantain leaf, little dreaming that old dog Spot was right in his door-yard. The Tale of Old Dog Spot "Why can't you open your mouth wide enough to say magnificent," says I, "if you like it so much; nipping off words with a bite isn't one thing or another." Phemie Frost's Experiences He hasn't much of a trunk left, but he often finds himself in seas of a coldness enough to nip off any ordinary trunk; but his legs and feet are not elephantine. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly There sits the lady, Folding up the clothes; In comes a blackbird, And nips off her nose! Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks The florist stood waiting my pleasure, and nipped off a dead leaf or two as he spoke, as if there was no hurry and I could take my time. Daisy Boys will also nip off the end of their tail to prevent them from stinging, and leave them in this maimed condition. India and the Indians The next operation is that of "topping" the plants, that is, of stopping their further growth by nipping off the heads. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo But when daylight came there was quite a few of our chaps getting nipped off from the right, so a message was sent out to Major MacAvity, who was brigade major. Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette "Their Zepps always see us coming and give them the tip to nip off home!" The Long Trick Some Persian walnuts were killed to the ground while others were not even nipped off of a bud. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 And she felt sure that the moment her back was turned he would scurry into the clover-patch and nip off as many of the juicy red tops as he could hold. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales He commenced feeling with his bill and found it was quite firm, but on trial discovered that it was easy to nip off a small piece. Short Sketches from Oldest America I drove very slowly, nipping off little glances of her profile as we moved along. Greener Than You Think When a feather is nipped off with pincers or cut with a knife the bird is quite insensible to the operation. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Just about that time they got nipped off. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Now I fish a plant out with my stick and nip off a tuft of hair-like leaves and pop it into the bottle. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The fragment tasted very good, and as he had not breakfasted yet he made up his mind to keep nipping off small pieces until his hunger was appeased. Short Sketches from Oldest America “That may very well be,” went on the garden maid, “but the truth of the matter is that I cannot smell, because a blackbird has nipped off my nose.” Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters The detective smiled incredulously, and snapping open his cigar-case selected a smoke, nipped off the end, and deliberately struck a match. The Grell Mystery The leg was undoubtedly gone—his right hind leg—it was nipped off close to his body. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character It would dispatch twenty large, besides smaller ones, three or four times in each day, nipping off the head of the former, and rejecting the viscera, legs, and hard wing cases. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The maturity of some of the later sorts will be somewhat facilitated by cutting or nipping off the leading runners when they have attained a height of four or five feet. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Uncle Wiggily, in great surprise, looked, and, surely enough, a blackbird had nipped off the nose of the garden maid. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters “Jack Shark keeps as sharp a look-out here as he does in Port Royal harbour; and we may chance to have our legs nipped off before we can get up the side of the frigate.” Paddy Finn Who nipped off with my fishing line and sinker? Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea “All his young life before him, and nipped off sudden like this.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale In addition to this, all laterals that have no flowers, and, after the fifth topping, all laterals whatsoever, are nipped off. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. What a thing for a blackbird to do—nip off your nose! Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters “Never mind the screw, Mage,” cried the adjutant, repeating his old trick upon the neck of a fresh bottle, which, nipped off under the wire, fell upon a heap of others that had preceded it. The Rifle Rangers The maid was in the garden Hanging out the clothes, When by came a blackbird And nipped off her nose. The Jolliest School of All Here is a spray of pure white, living under a green tent of overlapping leaves; one must raise it, and nip off just one leaf, so that the blossoms can see out. More Jonathan Papers The tufts of golden flowerets are first nipped off with short stems, until a quantity are gathered. Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes, Along came a blackbird And nipped off her nose.’ Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters A hole was made, but before the plant was put in the roots were nipped off. Into the Jaws of Death When the stems are 12in. or 15in. grown, nip off the tops of all the outer ones, they will soon break into two or four shoots. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. The florist stood waiting my pleasure, and nipped off a dead leaf or two as he spoke, as if there was no hurry and I could tale my time. Daisy "I fear me that thief Mike has nipped off the heads of a few dozens, out o' pure wicked mischief." The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 He had to do as it says in the book, and he had to nip off my nose. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Just above each leaf, a shoot starts; nip off every one of these just as soon as they appear. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Then, in one of the seconds I was alone, I nipped off a violet from a bunch on the table and pushed it in, too. Red Hair Almonds are blanched by letting them stand in boiling water for a few minutes and then nipping off the skins between the fingers. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The tender young head may be nipped off by a thousand chances, but such mishaps only rouse the indomitable thing to replace it with two, or even more. About Orchids A Chat And, no doubt, the maid is in the garden, where she’ll pretty soon have her nose nipped off by a blackbird.” Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters My ancestors nearly nipped off with a king, and why can’t I carry off a cook? The Disentanglers The Gnat was beginning to raise his voice, and opened his mouth to speak louder, when the Swallow quickly fell upon him and nipped off his tongue in the middle of a word. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Bill seated himself on Johnny's bunk, spat toward the stove, pulled a splinter off the rough board of the bunk's side, and began carefully nipping off tiny shreds with his finger nails. Skyrider Gigaboo, now very angry, at once nipped off the Prince's left arm with one of its claws, and his head with the other. The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People “This blackbird who nipped off the maid’s nose was a lively sort of chap.” Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Nearly all the heads will be found nipped off and laid ready for inspection. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition But I had to shift, of course, so I nipped off my rock and went under the bank where the ivy fell over at the tail of the salmon pool. The Torch and Other Tales Or stock will nip off the new leaves and shoots and the result is the same. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers He could stand on the doorstep and put his head far out up in the cherry trees and nip off cherries, which pleased both the boys and himself. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin But Foch now struck with his reserves, and the head of the tortoise was nipped off. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement "I was asleep in the pond one morning and before I knew it a rat swam up under water, and nipped off my leg." Uncle Wiggily's Travels When the tops are nipped off, a few plants are left untouched for seed. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. They like to drink at the brooks and nip off the buds of the lilac trees. Memories and Anecdotes The candles were put in brass, silver, and bronze candlesticks, accompanied by quaint little waiters that held snuffers, used to nip off the charred wick, as the tallow melted away from it. That Old-Time Child, Roberta I wonder if she's still—very still, takin' a sly nip on the side, as she calls it, which means a sly nip off the sideboard. Martha By-the-Day The winds up there do not allow themselves to be encroached upon, and the young shoots are nipped off as soon as they appear. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 As soon as they have eight or nine leaves, and are ready to put forth a stalk, the top is nipped off in order to make the leaves longer and thicker. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Then, presently, he nips off, and when he was gone I looked over the shoes, and then I found there was a pair missing. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman "Just nip off your horse and pull out that stake." The Bed-Book of Happiness But every flower must be nipped off carefully. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Scarlet Runners may be kept dwarf by pinching off the tops when the plants are about 1 ft. high, and nipping off the subsequent shoots when 6 in. long. Gardening for the Million They carefully selected the tenderest and pale-green leaves, nipping off with their nails the young leaf bud, just below where the first or second leaf was unfolded. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. He nipped off the end of his cigar and lighted a match. The Alaskan You nip off the bark with your teeth. The Bent Twig Of course it helps if you can nip off to Provence whenever you feel like it. Joe Burke's Last Stand The piece of glass broken out at the corner of the window just nipped off the bare heel of the boy standing motionless and looking with rapt eyes into the face of the Christ. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life These nipped off the tails and paws and feet of the Mice with their jaws, while spears only beat on them. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica A good many!" said Tom; "there was not one of the tender cuttings that was not nipped off. Black Beauty He nipped off the flower with his fingers, and drew out the stalk from beneath. Tales of Two Countries The next year it puts out two more shoots, and the ends of these are again nipped off. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Come, all's good for something; 'twill serve to nip off little twigs and destroy caterpillars. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Stripping a length of copper wire, Bob nipped off two short lengths with his pliers and fastened them to opposite sides of the condenser with small staples. The Radio Boys' First Wireless Or Winning the Ferberton Prize From the very start, now, we must nip off the evil bud that might later blossom into private property and wealth, exploitation and misery. Darkness and Dawn Birds which nip off petals and musty foxes which brush down whole posies in their clumsiness are but positive checks to overproduction. Tropic Days I cannot see, therefore, why, if they wished, they could not nip off this fringe of hairs, or even sever the stem of the plant. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Many of them spend all their time among the Coral, their food being the living tips of the Coral "branches," which they nip off with fine, sharp teeth. Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. No. Then after a bit one of them nipped off to London with a big bag. The Head of Kay's Thus, limb from limb, they dismember'd him So entirely, that e'en when they came to his wrists, With those great sugar-nippers they nipped off his "flippers," As the Clerk, very flippantly, termed his fists. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe First father nipped off the tail with a firm, neat stroke. This Freedom An orang-utan bites off a finger as evenly as a boy nips off the end of a stick of candy. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations When they come they waste almost as lavishly as the flying foxes at night, nipping off branchlets and dropping them after eating but two or three of the figs. Confessions of a Beachcomber Our friends cooked all they had in hot sand, and devoured them entire, fur, skin, entrails and all, only breaking away the under jaw and nipping off the tail with their teeth. Expedition into Central Australia She saw the ant struggling, and quickly nipped off a leaf and let it fall into the water. Fifty Famous Fables These for a garland woven, for a crown He platted pithy rushes, and ere dusk The grass was whitened with their roots nipped off. Gebir Meanwhile, little parrot taking advantage of his absence of mind, clambers up his breast and nips off a shirt-button, which he holds in his claw, pretending it is immensely good to eat. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn There is extensive cultivation in this district, and the tobacco is well attended, as the tops of the plants are carefully nipped off to prevent them from running too much into stalk. Ismailia The door was flung open and the young man was ushered in, the fog still clinging to his hair, in which she could discern a little notch where she had nipped off the curl. Two on a Tower We can nip off secretly by the other door. A Damsel in Distress And at another time he saw Joyce deliberately count her blade before beginning, and nip off a floret, and then begin; and the end was "Plowman." Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard |
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