| 单词 | a nip in the air |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa nip in the air a. A severe check to the growth of vegetation caused by cold; the effect of sharp cold upon plants or animals. Also: the quality in wind or weather which produces this; a feeling of biting cold (esp. in a nip in the air). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > exposure to frost > damaging by intense cold or frost frostbiting1562 nip1614 1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing v. 87 The flattering of the Sunne raies often drawes forth the blossomes very earely: but afterward come cold nippes. 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 So have I seen som tender slip Sav'd with care from Winters nip. 1684 G. Stepney To Earl of Carlisle 61 So hasty fruits and too ambitious flow'rs,..find a nip untimely as their birth. 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls iii. 20 Dismal mornings of waterproofs..and blue nips and shivers. 1890 Cent. Mag. June 277/2 They say we are to have a taste of rough weather, and I begin to feel an icy nip in the air. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxviii. 626 There was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow. 1983 Punch 1 June (Summer No.) 30/3 An unexpected sprinkling of rain,..a nip of cold, and they rush out to see if it has made the headlines. 2000 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Electronic ed.) 14 Dec. Nothing like a nip of winter in the air to get the hockey blood flowing. < as lemmas |
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