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.