English Dictionary

nibble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɪbəl/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites. / (transitive) To bite lightly. / (figuratively) To consume gradually. / To find fault; to cavil.

日本語の意味

小さく、素早く一口ずつ食べる、または噛む。 / 軽く噛む。 / 徐々に消費する。 / 文句を言う、けなす。

During the meeting, she nervously began to nibble on her sandwich.

会議中、彼女は緊張してサンドイッチを少しずつかじり始めた。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites.

The rabbit nibbled the lettuce.

意味（2）

(transitive) To bite lightly.

He nibbled at my neck and made me shiver.

意味（3）

(figuratively) To consume gradually.

A report out this week from the National Consumer Law Center lays out a host of ways in which banks nibble away at jobless benefits with fees the center called “junk.”

意味（4）

To find fault; to cavil.

nibbles （ present singular third-person ）

nibbling （ participle present ）

nibbled （ participle past ）

nibbled （ past ）