nip and tuck

短语

势均力敌，不相上下

发音

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词形变化

nip and tucks 复数 nip and tucks nips and tucks nips and tucks 复数 more nip and tuck 比较级 most nip and tuck 最高级

别名

nip-and-tuck

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin.

    医学
adj.
  1. 1.

    So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.

    习语

    1951, Howdy Doody's Christmas Well, it was nip and tuck, but everything worked out fine. Santa Claus got there in time to bring toys to all the boys and girls.

adv.
  1. 1.

    With the advantage of changing hands, or shifting back and forth among the available alternatives.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

lift facelift cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty

上位词 2

anaplasty plastic surgery

下位词 2

nose job rhinoplasty
形容词

同义词 1

head-to-head

近义相关 1

inconclusive
副词

同义词 1

head-to-head

词源

Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review.

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