nipple

noun
🔊/ˈnɪpl/
🔊/ˈnɪpl/
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  1. either of the two small round dark parts on a person’s chest. Babies can drink milk from their mother’s breasts through the nipples.乳头
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • erect
    • hard
    • swollen
    verb + nipple
    • pinch
    • suck
    • squeeze
    nipple + verb
    • harden
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  2. (North American English)
    (British English teat)
    the rubber part at the end of a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks on with its lips and tongue in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle奶嘴;橡胶乳头
  3. a small metal, plastic or rubber object that is like a nipple in shape with a small hole in the end, especially one that is used as part of a machine to direct oil, etc. into a particular place乳头状物品;(机器的)喷嘴
    • a grease nipple油脂枪喷嘴
  4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.