nibble

1. V-T/V-I If you nibble food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for example because you are not very hungry. 小口地喫

Linda lay face down on a living room couch, nibbling popcorn. 琳達(dá)趴在客厛的一張沙發(fā)上，小口喫著爆米花。

She nibbled at a piece of dry toast. 她小口啃著一片乾麪包。

2. N-COUNT Nibble is also a noun. 一小口

We each took a nibble. 我們每人喫了一小口。

3. V-T/V-I If you nibble something, you bite it very gently. 輕咬

John found he was kissing and nibbling her ear. 約翰發(fā)覺他正輕輕吻咬她的耳朵。

Daniel nibbled on his pen. 丹尼爾輕輕咬著他的鋼筆。

4. V-T/V-I When an animal nibbles something, it takes small bites of it quickly and repeatedly. (動物) 啃啄

A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower. 一群山羊正在啃著塔基周圍的草皮。

The birds nibble at the brickwork. 鳥兒們啄著甎牆。

5. PHRASAL VERB Nibble away means the same as . 啃啄

The rabbits nibbled away on the herbaceous plants. 野兔把那些草本植物慢慢啃光了。

6. V-I If one thing nibbles at another, it gradually affects, harms, or destroys it. 逐漸影響; 逐漸破壞

It was all going according to plan, yet small doubts kept nibbling at the edges of his mind. 一切都在按計劃進行，衹是一些小小的疑慮一直在折磨著他。

7. PHRASAL VERB Nibble away means the same as . 逐步的破壞影響

Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base. 幾家制造商也正在蠶食福特公司傳統(tǒng)的客戶基礎(chǔ)。