nim

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps. uncountable
  2. Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”). alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To take or seize. obsolete,transitive
    — Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.
  2. To filch, steal, pilfer. archaic,slang,transitive
    — They'll question Mars, and, by his look, Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;
  3. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along. UK,dialectal,intransitive
    — The old lady does nim along. 1949, Wilfrid J. Halliday, Arthur Stanley Umpleby, The White Rose Garland of Yorkshire Dialect Verse and Local and Folk-lore Rhymes (quoting Irene Sutcliffe), page 111: Ah had set myself doon where the aums meet aboon,

词形变化

nims present,singular,third-person nimming participle,present nam past nimmed past num participle,past nimmed participle,past nims plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nimps overnim withername
相关词
benim nimble nimmer numb

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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