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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- nick
[nɪk]
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1.
vt.
[BRIT]
[inf]
(steal) 偷
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2.
vt.
[BRIT]
[inf]
(arrest) 抓获
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3.
vt.
(cut) 刮破
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4.
noun
[c]
(scratch) 小伤口
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to be nicked for doing sth
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[BRIT] [inf] 因做某事而被捕
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in good nick
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[BRIT] [inf] 状况良好
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the nick
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[BRIT] [inf] 监狱
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in the nick of time
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正当紧要关头
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- nick
[nɪk]
[nɪk]
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1.
noun
槽口;凹口(或裂口);尤指(木料、金属、瓷器等边或面上的)切口、缺口(或凹口)
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2.
noun
铅字边的凹槽
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3.
noun
[slang]
[England]
监狱;监禁
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4.
vt.
刻痕于;在…上开槽口(或切口)
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5.
vt.
[rarely used]
用刻痕记(数)
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6.
vt.
轻伤;擦破表皮
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7.
vt.
(小规模)狙击
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8.
vt.
(恰好)猜中;说中;抓住;适时攻击;及时赶上
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9.
vt.
[slang]
罚款
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10.
vt.
[slang]
欺诈;欺骗
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11.
vt.
[slang]
[England]
逮捕
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12.
vt.
[slang]
[England]
偷窃
Collins English-English Dictionary
- nick
[nɪk]
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1.
n
a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface
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2.
n
a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount
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3.
n
a slang word for prison police station
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to chip or cut
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5.
vt.
[tr]
[slang]
[chiefly Brit]
to steal
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6.
vt.
to take into legal custody; arrest
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7.
vi.
[intr; often foll by off]
[informal]
to move or depart rapidly
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8.
vi.
to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to guess, catch, etc, exactly
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10.
vi.
[intr]
(of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily
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11.
vi.
[Etymology]
C15: perhaps changed from C14 nocke nock
- nick
[nɪk]
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1.
n
[computing]
an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname
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2.
n
[Etymology]
short for nickname
Examples
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in good nick
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[BRIT] [inf] 状况良好
→ nick
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the nick
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[BRIT] [inf] 监狱
→ nick
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in the nick of time
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正当紧要关头
→ nick
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你回来得正是节骨眼上!
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You've come back in the nick of time!
→ 节骨眼
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