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Definition of nipple in English:

nipple

noun ˈnɪp(ə)lˈnɪpəl
  • 1The small projection in which the mammary ducts of female mammals terminate and from which milk can be secreted.

    (女性的)乳头,奶头

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition to this, it is likely that you will be unable to breastfeed in the future, because the nipple has been separated from the milk ducts during the operation.
    • In the original broadcast, the mother's nipple is visible as the baby starts to feed.
    • This pushes the milk to the nipple, and releases it as the baby feeds.
    • Avoid soap on your areolae and nipples, as it tends to dry out the skin.
    • I am sure you remember the cover of the breastfeeding baby smiling with a nipple in her mouth.
    • Persistently sore nipples usually indicate that the baby is not sucking correctly.
    • There's no health risk in having an inverted nipple.
    • At one point, the strap on her singlet top snapped, but no nipple was seen.
    • I have a pierced nipple and I breastfed for a year and it was no problem.
    • Her lips felt painful and so did the nipples of her small breasts.
    • It is also illegal to show nipples in public events.
    • When Rachel got to see her baby, she was urged by the attending nurse to put her nipple to the baby's mouth.
    • If you leak breast milk, press down on the nipple with the heel of your hand or put pressure across your chest by crossing your arms.
    • It's caused by friction when the nipple rubs against fabric.
    • A cleft in the roof of the mouth makes it difficult for the baby to suck forcefully enough to draw milk through a nipple.
    • The condition of inverted nipples occurs in about two percent of women.
    • The actress's protruding nipples were removed from the posters after producers feared they could prove offensive and spark a string of complaints, according to Austrian magazine News.
    • Attention to sore nipples should be provided early before severe pain with cracking and abrasions occur.
    • No, you wanted to see perky nipples and unbridled bloodshed.
    • He's wearing the glove instead of the lady and the woman's nipple is exposed.
    Synonyms
    teat, dug
    informal tit
    technical mamilla
    archaic pap, papilla, udder
    1. 1.1 The vestigial structure in a male that corresponds to the nipple of a female mammal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I grabbed at his nipple as he was going into a fetal position, and twisted.
      • While nipples in woman serve a purpose, male nipples appear to be simply left over from the initial stage of embryonic development.
      • These include the appendix, most body hair, wisdom teeth, male nipples, and external ear muscles, to name just a few.
      • She reached down and viciously tweaked the sleeping man's nipple.
      • As she ran her hands over his chest, she made approving noises and tweaked one of his nipples playfully.
      • Yet, while it's perfectly acceptable for males to flash them - nipples and all - in public, it's taboo in the United States for women to do the same.
      • Anatomists cite many more examples of such inefficient or useless structures, such as nipples in male primates.
      • You reckon that it's a bit like the male nipple, a mere by-product.
      • An attractive man with no shirt and nice nipples suddenly appears before the startled young couple, who nearly drop their beverages
      • I tweaked his nipple and then a little harder until he gasped.
    2. 1.2North American The teat of a feeding bottle.
      (雌性动物的)奶头
      it is crucial to remove the cap or nipple of the baby's bottle before heating
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I went out and bought baby bottles, but forgot the nipples.
      • It's not harmful, unless you attach a nipple to the bottle of solution and force feed it to your pet.
      • The baby must develop different techniques for extracting milk from human and rubber nipples.
      • The researchers also tested each baby's taste preferences using a special nipple that delivers tiny drops of fluids and then records the intensity and frequency of a baby's sucking.
      • If the parents-to-be have specified in the baby registry a brand or shape of bottles, nipples, and pacifiers, these items may be a safe choice for a baby shower gift.
      • Express a small amount of formula from the bottle and wipe it over the nipple.
      • There is even a scene in which Peter tastes the milk from the nipple of the bottle, and then pours it into his coffee.
      • Spending extra on a bottle and nipples in order to get the correct mouthfeel and traces of rubber would be out of the question.
      • A nipple is built into the hood at mouth level, so the mother has only to fill the baby bottle and screw it into the valve behind the nipple.
      • We put a nipple on the bottle and raise it and gave our son a bottle of Tabasco.
      • Although bottle nipples have enormously improved over the last 15 years, their structure and texture have little in common with a natural nipple.
      • Special nipples and other devices can help make feeding easier; you will probably receive some instructions in how to use them and where to buy them before you take your baby home from the hospital.
      • Rubber nipples take much longer to crack than the real things.
      • She no longer had to be guided to the bottle's nipple, grabbing it expertly and with gusto.
  • 2A small projection on a device, especially one from which oil or other fluid is dispensed.

    油嘴;喷嘴

    the centralized greasing point comprises a bank of seven nipples
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Have them trued up well, just to the place you like them, and then apply some Lock-Tite or similar substance to the spoke nipples.
    • The solution is to order alloy rims and steel spokes and nipples while forks can be ordered in England.
    • The hose that feeds the boom and the plug can be attached to these nipples.
    • Connect the hose to the hose nipple found on the bottom of the faucet.
    • With the originals, it was necessary to load powder, ram a ball home and then cap the nipple on the back of the cylinder.
    • A barrel shaped coil spring is snapped over the nipple and positively retained thereto.
    • These balls were rammed home after the powder charge was placed in each cylinder and a nipple on each cap.
    • One of the rims is leaking air around the spoke nipples.
    • It should be noted that this rim is so strong that even with seven nipples starting to pull out of the rim, it was barely out of true.
    • If you have the type that slips over a copper nipple, use a hex key (also called Allen wrench) to loosen the setscrew on the underside to twist-pull the spout off.
    1. 2.1 A short section of pipe with a screw thread at each end for coupling.
      螺纹接套
      install a threaded nipple between the valve outlet and the shut-off inlet
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The part, a pipe nipple that threads into the exhaust elbow, is used only on Kohler's 7.5kw model, was original to the generator and is located in an area difficult to reach and inspect.
      • The ends of the tubing are compressed and 1-inch stainless steel pipe nipples are welded to each end of the stainless steel tubing.
      • To assemble the unit, thread the nipple into the ball valve, then thread the nipple into the bushing.
      • The horizontal opening of the T joint is connected to the Unitrol valve by a short piece of pipe called a nipple.
      • Fuel fills can cause a spill if the hose slips off the fuel fill and gasoline is pumped into the bilge; connecting nipples can break under the deck where they're not seen or if clamps become loose.

Derivatives

  • nippled

  • adjective
    • Although the landscape depicted is forbidding in its crisp, white geometry, the hook at lower left seems to suggest some bodily metaphors; a lone figure, perhaps, or, alternatively, a nippled breast.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Gascar's portrait she is inappropriately dressed in a translucent robe, and her mock-breastplate is either decoratively nippled in the classical style or else frankly transparent.
      • A nippled joint utilizes a biconical threaded nipple, for joining the ends of graphite electrodes.

Origin

Mid 16th century (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.

Rhymes

fipple, ripple, stipple, tipple, triple

Definition of nipple in US English:

nipple

nounˈnipəlˈnɪpəl
  • 1The small projection in which the mammary ducts of female mammals terminate and from which milk can be secreted.

    (女性的)乳头,奶头

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's wearing the glove instead of the lady and the woman's nipple is exposed.
    • Attention to sore nipples should be provided early before severe pain with cracking and abrasions occur.
    • In the original broadcast, the mother's nipple is visible as the baby starts to feed.
    • In addition to this, it is likely that you will be unable to breastfeed in the future, because the nipple has been separated from the milk ducts during the operation.
    • The condition of inverted nipples occurs in about two percent of women.
    • At one point, the strap on her singlet top snapped, but no nipple was seen.
    • Persistently sore nipples usually indicate that the baby is not sucking correctly.
    • No, you wanted to see perky nipples and unbridled bloodshed.
    • When Rachel got to see her baby, she was urged by the attending nurse to put her nipple to the baby's mouth.
    • If you leak breast milk, press down on the nipple with the heel of your hand or put pressure across your chest by crossing your arms.
    • The actress's protruding nipples were removed from the posters after producers feared they could prove offensive and spark a string of complaints, according to Austrian magazine News.
    • I am sure you remember the cover of the breastfeeding baby smiling with a nipple in her mouth.
    • This pushes the milk to the nipple, and releases it as the baby feeds.
    • A cleft in the roof of the mouth makes it difficult for the baby to suck forcefully enough to draw milk through a nipple.
    • It's caused by friction when the nipple rubs against fabric.
    • It is also illegal to show nipples in public events.
    • There's no health risk in having an inverted nipple.
    • Her lips felt painful and so did the nipples of her small breasts.
    • Avoid soap on your areolae and nipples, as it tends to dry out the skin.
    • I have a pierced nipple and I breastfed for a year and it was no problem.
    Synonyms
    teat, dug
    1. 1.1 The corresponding vestigial structure in a male.
      (男性的)乳头
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I grabbed at his nipple as he was going into a fetal position, and twisted.
      • I tweaked his nipple and then a little harder until he gasped.
      • An attractive man with no shirt and nice nipples suddenly appears before the startled young couple, who nearly drop their beverages
      • As she ran her hands over his chest, she made approving noises and tweaked one of his nipples playfully.
      • She reached down and viciously tweaked the sleeping man's nipple.
      • Yet, while it's perfectly acceptable for males to flash them - nipples and all - in public, it's taboo in the United States for women to do the same.
      • These include the appendix, most body hair, wisdom teeth, male nipples, and external ear muscles, to name just a few.
      • Anatomists cite many more examples of such inefficient or useless structures, such as nipples in male primates.
      • While nipples in woman serve a purpose, male nipples appear to be simply left over from the initial stage of embryonic development.
      • You reckon that it's a bit like the male nipple, a mere by-product.
    2. 1.2North American The flexible tip of a baby's pacifier or feeding bottle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I went out and bought baby bottles, but forgot the nipples.
      • A nipple is built into the hood at mouth level, so the mother has only to fill the baby bottle and screw it into the valve behind the nipple.
      • Spending extra on a bottle and nipples in order to get the correct mouthfeel and traces of rubber would be out of the question.
      • We put a nipple on the bottle and raise it and gave our son a bottle of Tabasco.
      • The baby must develop different techniques for extracting milk from human and rubber nipples.
      • There is even a scene in which Peter tastes the milk from the nipple of the bottle, and then pours it into his coffee.
      • She no longer had to be guided to the bottle's nipple, grabbing it expertly and with gusto.
      • If the parents-to-be have specified in the baby registry a brand or shape of bottles, nipples, and pacifiers, these items may be a safe choice for a baby shower gift.
      • Rubber nipples take much longer to crack than the real things.
      • Although bottle nipples have enormously improved over the last 15 years, their structure and texture have little in common with a natural nipple.
      • Special nipples and other devices can help make feeding easier; you will probably receive some instructions in how to use them and where to buy them before you take your baby home from the hospital.
      • It's not harmful, unless you attach a nipple to the bottle of solution and force feed it to your pet.
      • Express a small amount of formula from the bottle and wipe it over the nipple.
      • The researchers also tested each baby's taste preferences using a special nipple that delivers tiny drops of fluids and then records the intensity and frequency of a baby's sucking.
  • 2A small projection on a device or machine, especially one from which oil, grease, or other fluid is dispensed in small amounts.

    油嘴;喷嘴

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The solution is to order alloy rims and steel spokes and nipples while forks can be ordered in England.
    • One of the rims is leaking air around the spoke nipples.
    • The hose that feeds the boom and the plug can be attached to these nipples.
    • Have them trued up well, just to the place you like them, and then apply some Lock-Tite or similar substance to the spoke nipples.
    • With the originals, it was necessary to load powder, ram a ball home and then cap the nipple on the back of the cylinder.
    • These balls were rammed home after the powder charge was placed in each cylinder and a nipple on each cap.
    • It should be noted that this rim is so strong that even with seven nipples starting to pull out of the rim, it was barely out of true.
    • A barrel shaped coil spring is snapped over the nipple and positively retained thereto.
    • Connect the hose to the hose nipple found on the bottom of the faucet.
    • If you have the type that slips over a copper nipple, use a hex key (also called Allen wrench) to loosen the setscrew on the underside to twist-pull the spout off.
    1. 2.1 A short section of pipe with a screw thread at each end for coupling.
      螺纹接套
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The part, a pipe nipple that threads into the exhaust elbow, is used only on Kohler's 7.5kw model, was original to the generator and is located in an area difficult to reach and inspect.
      • To assemble the unit, thread the nipple into the ball valve, then thread the nipple into the bushing.
      • The ends of the tubing are compressed and 1-inch stainless steel pipe nipples are welded to each end of the stainless steel tubing.
      • The horizontal opening of the T joint is connected to the Unitrol valve by a short piece of pipe called a nipple.
      • Fuel fills can cause a spill if the hose slips off the fuel fill and gasoline is pumped into the bilge; connecting nipples can break under the deck where they're not seen or if clamps become loose.
verbˈnipəlˈnɪpəl
[with object]usually be nippled
  • Provide (something) with a projection like a nipple.

    提供乳头状隆起物

    rocks nippled with limpets

    附着着帽贝的岩石。

Origin

Mid 16th century (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.

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