资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nibble \Nib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nibbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Nibbling}.] [Cf. {Nip}.]
   To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth;
   to eat slowly or in small bits.

         Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. --Shak.