nipper

英 [ˈnɪpə(r)]

美 [ˈnɪpər]

n.  小孩子

复数：nippers　

医学

BNC.37909 / COCA.39678

牛津词典

noun

• 小孩子
  a small child

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小孩
  Anipperis a child.
  1. I'm not ever going to forget what you've done for the nippers.
     我永远忘不了你为这些小孩子所做的一切。

英英释义

noun

• a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
  Synonym:clawchelapincer
• a young person of either sex
  1. she writes books for children
  2. they're just kids
  3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
  Synonym:childkidyoungsterminorshaversmall frytiddlertiketykefrynestling

双语例句

• The worlds richest duck started out in business when he was just a wee nipper, polishing boots on the streets of his native Glasgow; today he owns some of the worlds largest mining concerns.
  作为世界上最富裕的鸭子，麦克老鸭当初起家的时候还只是个毛头小子，在家乡格拉斯哥的街头擦鞋。如今他拥有世界上最大的几座矿井。
• Jemima, I don't know what I should ever do with myself, if it wasn't for Susan Nipper;
  杰迈玛，要是没有苏珊•尼珀，我自己真不知道该怎么办；
• But Miss Tox, on a faint pretence of looking for the mislaid handkerchief, went upstairs after her; and tried in a few stolen minutes to comfort her, in spite of great discouragement from Susan Nipper.
  可是托克斯小姐却假装去寻找丢失的手绢，跟着她上楼去，并偷出几分钟来想法安慰安慰她，尽管苏珊·尼珀表示出很不支持的态度。
• I think, Louisa, the other nurse, the young person, 'here Miss Nipper sobbed aloud,' being so much younger, and necessarily influenced by Paul's nurse, may remain.
  我想，路易莎，另一位保姆，年轻的那一位，这时尼珀姑娘大声哭泣着，由于年龄要小得多，而且一定受了保罗奶妈的影响，所以可以继续留用。
• It must have been a harder heart than Susan Nipper's that could have rejected the little purse Florence held out with these words, or the gentle look of entreaty with which she seconded her petition.
  必须要有一颗比苏珊·尼珀更为冷酷无情的心才能拒绝弗洛伦斯讲这些话时拿出的钱包或者她提出这个请求时伴随着的温柔的、恳求的眼光。
• Miss Nipper then took breath, and went on faster than before, as if this extraordinary aspiration had relieved her.
  尼珀姑娘说完之后喘了一口气，比先前走得更快，仿佛她这不同寻常的愿望使她的心情轻松了一些。
• 'Oh you beauties!'cried Susan Nipper, affecting to salute the door by which the ladies had departed.
  “哼，您们这两位美人！”苏珊•尼珀向两位女士离开的那扇门故意敬了一个礼，喊道，“她永远也不会像董贝家里的人，是不是？
• But at any rate it was a smile, and that gave great satisfaction to Miss Nipper.
  但它毕竟是个微笑，这使尼珀姑娘感到极为满意。
• Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?
  一个七岁小姑娘够聪明的，是不是？
• With this remonstrance, young Spitfire, whose real name was Susan Nipper, detached the child from her new friend by a wrench as if she were a tooth.
  这个喷火器的真实姓名是苏珊•尼珀，她进行了这番申斥之后，就像拔牙似地用力一拧，把女孩子从她的新朋友那里拉开了。