2ADJ-GRADED 迅速的;敏捷的 If you describe something or someone as nippy, you mean that they can move very quickly over short distances. 迅速的;敏捷的 [British, informal]
This nippy new car has fold down rear seats.
这辆速度很快的新车配有可以放倒的后座。
Barnaby may be 15, but he's nippy and suited to badminton.