nim

FREQ #20158

vt.偷,窃,扒,拿取,夺取 vi.偷窃

发音

AU /nɪm/

词形变化

nims 复数 nam nimmed nimming nims 三单 nims num nimming 现在分词 nam 过去式 nimmed 过去式 num 过去式 num 过去分词 nimmed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

    不可数
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

    英国 方言 不及物
  2. 2.

    To take or seize.

    废旧 及物

    Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.

    Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come, And Pandauola in her armes Her Alfyne hath up num And kisseth him full ofte […]

  3. 3.

    To filch, steal, pilfer.

    古体 俚语 及物

    Nimming and niftering whativver he can try his fists on.

    They nim a pig, a duck, or fowl.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

table game

词源

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

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