nip

• vt.クリップ；ピンチ；カット；凍傷；停止
• vi.切り取る；つまむ；刺す；すする
• n.夾；捏；刺；骨；小饮
• n.(ニップ)人の名前；(中)聂(広東語-威玛妥)

語源は不明だが、おそらくnib、beak、くちばし、派生語のbite、pinch、frostbiteから。

nip (n.2)

"a pinch; a sharp bite," 1540s, from nip (v.). Meaning "a chill in the weather" is from 1610s, probably so called for its effect on vegetation. Nip and tuck "a close thing" is recorded from 1832, perhaps from sailing or tailoring.

nip (v.)

"to pinch sharply; to bite suddenly," late 14c., related to Middle Low German nipen "to nip, to pinch," German nippen, Middle Dutch nipen "to pinch," Dutch nijpen, Old Norse hnippa "to prod," but the exact evolution of the stem is obscure. Related: Nipped; nipping. To nip (something) in the bud in the figurative sense is first recorded c. 1600.

nip (n.1)

"small measure of spirits," 1796, shortening of nipperkin (1670s) "quantity of liquor of a half pint or less," possibly of Dutch or Low German origin (compare German Nipp "sip, taste") and related to nip (v.). Reinforced by nip (n.2) on notion of "fragment or bit pinched off" (c. 1600).

1. Some ants can give you a nasty nip .

いくつかのアリがあなたを噛んで痛いです。

2.Should I nip out and get some groceries？

急いで食料品を買いに出かけませんか。

3.The presidential contest is nip and tuck.

大統領選は互角だった。

4.I 'll nip out and buy a newspaper.

急いで新聞を買いに出かけた。

5.Don 't nip any stalks off the plant.

植物の茎を折るな！