If you nibble food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for example because you are not very hungry. 小口地吃
verb [vi. 不及物动词] 啃，小口咬；反复轻咬；（对提议或想法）略显兴趣；蚕食；（动物）小口地啃
Eagles catch snakes that gobble toads that swallow insects that nibble green leaves. 老鹰抓蛇，蛇吃蟾蜍，蟾蜍吃昆虫，昆虫啃绿叶。
noun [具体名词] 一小口；<非正式>（常为聚会上提供的）点心，小吃（nibbles）；<非正式>对商业机会感兴趣的表示
Nibble is also a noun. 一小口 • We each took a nibble. 我们每人吃了一小口。
nib(笔尖) + ble → 每次只咬笔尖那么多 → 一点点地咬； 注意不要和nipple(n. 乳头)相混
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- John found he was kissing and nibbling her ear. 约翰发觉他正轻轻吻咬她的耳朵。
- It was all going according to plan, yet small doubts kept nibbling at the edges of his mind. 一切都在按计划进行，只是一些小小的疑虑一直在折磨着他。
- This is strange because the sorts of lab animals the researchers looked attend to be given lots of food and left to nibble at leisure. 这很奇怪，因为研究人员观察的各种实验室动物往往被给予大量食物，且让它们在闲暇时一点一点蚕食。
- She nibbled at a piece of dry toast. 她小口啃着一片干面包。
- Daniel nibbled on his pen. 丹尼尔轻轻咬着他的钢笔。
- Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base. 几家制造商也正在蚕食福特公司传统的客户基础。
- We each took a nibble. 我们每人吃了一小口。
- The birds nibble at the brickwork. 鸟儿们啄着砖墙。