1 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 刺骨的;寒冷的 If the weather is nippy, it is rather cold. 刺骨的;寒冷的 [informal]
SYN chilly, biting, parky [British , informal]
2 ADJ-GRADED 迅速的;敏捷的 If you describe something or someone as nippy, you mean that they can move very quickly over short distances. 迅速的;敏捷的 [British, informal]
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This nippy new car has fold down rear seats.
这辆速度很快的新车配有可以放倒的后座。
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Barnaby may be 15, but he's nippy and suited to badminton.
巴纳比可能15岁了，但他动作敏捷，适合打羽毛球。
SYN fast [informal] , quick, speedy
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