nibbled

• vt.nibble的变形

nibble['nibl]

• vt.
  • 一点一点地吃(或咬)；啃：

    He nibbled a piece of bread while drawing a picture.

    他一边画画儿一边啃着一片面包。

  • 轻咬；轻轻地掐：

    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。

  • 一点点地去掉，蚕食：

    His lofty ideas were nibbled by years.

    他的雄心壮志被岁月慢慢磨掉了。

• vi.
  • 一点点地咬(或吃)；啃：

    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。

  • 一点一点地轻咬；蚕食：

    to nibble at another country's territory

    蚕食他国领土

  • 吹毛求疵，找碴儿；抨击：

    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。

  • 谨慎地着手；胆怯地对待：

    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。

  • (对诱惑、建议、交易等)显出有意接受的样子：

    It seems that he'll nibble at my trick soon.

    看来，他很快就要上我的当了。

• n.
  • 啃；一点点儿地咬(或吃)
  • 轻咬；轻掐
  • 咬一小口的量，少量；一小口
  • [口语]很少的食物
  • 【计算机】半个字节，4个比特
• 变形:

  vt.nibbled.nibbling