2British EnglishBrEFAST/QUICK able to move quickly 敏捷的,动作快的
a nippy little car
小巧灵便的汽车
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nippy• Their aircraft was also in a class of its own, being small and very nippy.• The weather's getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy.• It is early June, but the mornings are still nippy.• Say that it's quite nippy, and jollysafe when overtaking.• It's more a case of being nippybalanced and willing.• So big a man is never going to be exactly nippy, but he is not slow and not without ball-sense.• His emphasis is on the practicalstrategies and nippyfootworkessential for survival.• I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out here.• It still seems a little nippy out there.• Right: The Vauxhall Chevette looks what it is: a nippy, small family hatchbacksaloon car.• A nippy three-door hatchback, the Metro 1.1s is a car for all the family to enjoy.