Nipped

例句:

• When it was done, he laid it aside and a dog walked sadly in and nipped it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I dare say, if he had told me his doubts at the first I could have nipped them in the bud. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, I told you so. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He had nipped in the bud the possible meeting between Eustacia and her old lover this very night. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I've just heard of old Mrs. Mingott's stroke; and as I was on my way to the house I saw you turning down this street and nipped after you. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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