剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - nick collapse

nick
/nɪk/
noun
CUT 切割
[C]
* a small cut in a surface or an edge
刻痕；缺口

1. Apart from a few nicks in the varnish, the guitar is in very good condition.
除了漆面上有几道划痕，吉他保养得很好。

/nɪk/
noun
PRISON 监狱
the nick [S] UK slang
* prison
监狱

1. He's been in the nick half his life.
他已经在牢里蹲了半辈子。

/nɪk/
noun
CONDITION 状况
[U] UK slang
* a stated condition, especially of health
（尤指健康）状况

1. He's in pretty good nick for a man of his age.
对他这个年纪的人来说，他的健康状况相当不错。

2. The car really is in excellent nick.
这辆车性能相当不错。

/nɪk/
noun
in the nick of time
* at the last possible moment
在紧要关头；在最后一刻

1. We got there just in the nick of time.
我们刚好及时赶到那里。

/nɪk/
verb [T]
STEAL 偷窃
UK informal
* to steal something
偷

1. I've had my bike nicked again.
我的脚踏车又被偷了。

2. All right, who's nicked my ruler?
好吧，是谁顺手牵羊拿走了我的尺子？

/nɪk/
verb [T]
CATCH 抓获
UK slang
* If the police nick someone, they catch them for committing a crime
抓获，逮捕

1. They nicked him for driving at seventy in a fifty speed limit area.
他因在限速50英里的区域内开到时速70英里而被他们逮捕。

/nɪk/
verb [T]
CHARGE 收费
US informal
* to cheat someone or to charge them too much money
讹诈；收取过高费用

1. $50 for a meal like that - we were nicked!
花50美元吃这样一顿饭？我们被骗了！

2. If your bank account balance falls below the minimum, you'll be nicked for a $5 service charge.
如果你的银行存款余额低于这个底限，你就会被收取5美元的服务费。

/nɪk/
verb [T]
CUT 切割
* to make a small cut in a surface or an edge
刻痕于；使有缺口

1. Paintwork on the corner of a stairway tends to get nicked and scratched.
楼梯转角处的油漆往往容易被刮擦剥落。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - nick collapse

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1.VERB 动词偷;偷窃 If someone nicks something, they steal it.

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：BRIT 英

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • He smashed a window to get in and nicked a load of silver cups...

    他破窗而入，偷走了很多银杯。

  • We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen.

    以前我们常到厨房偷饼干吃。

2.VERB 动词抓住;逮捕 If the police nick someone, they arrest them.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：get/be V-ed

【语域标签】：BRIT 英

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon...

    警察以携带攻击性武器为由逮捕了我。

  • Keep quiet or we'll all get nicked.

    别出声，要不然我们都会被抓住的。

3.N-COUNT 可数名词监狱;监牢;警察局 The nick is a prison, or a police station.

【搭配模式】：usu sing

【语域标签】：BRIT 英

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • After several years banged up in the nick, even you might start to go mad.

    在监狱关上几年后，就算是你，也可能会变疯的。

4.VERB 动词使有划痕;划伤;擦伤 If you nick something or nick yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V pron-refl

  • When I pulled out of the space, I nicked the rear bumper of the car in front of me...

    我把车从车位开出来时，蹭到了前面那辆车的后保险杠。

  • A sharp blade is likely to nick the skin and draw blood...

    锋利的刀刃可能会划伤皮肤，导致出血。

  • He dropped a bottle in the kitchen and nicked himself on broken glass.

    他在厨房不小心打碎了一个瓶子，被碎玻璃片划伤了。

5.N-COUNT 可数名词(通常指皮肤上的)划痕，破口 A nick is a small cut made in the surface of something, usually in someone's skin.

  • The barbed wire had left only the tiniest nick just below my right eye.

    带刺铁丝网在我的右眼正下方只留了非常小的划痕。

6.VERB 动词欺骗;敲…竹杠 If you are nicked by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money.

【语法信息】：be V-ed

【语域标签】：AM 美

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • College students already are being nicked, but probably don't realize it.

    大学生已经上了当，但他们或许还没有意识到。

7.PHRASE 短语处于良好状态/处于糟糕状态 Nick is used in expressions such as 'in good nick' or 'in bad nick' to describe the physical condition of someone or something.

【搭配模式】：v-link PHR

【语域标签】：BRIT 英

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • His ribs were damaged, but other than that he's in good nick...

    他的肋骨受了损伤，但除此之外一切都还好。

  • Tom's house is actually in better nick than mine.

    说实在的，汤姆家房子的状况比我家的强。

8.PHRASE 短语在事情正好发生的时候;关键时刻 If you say that something happens in the nick of time, you are emphasizing that it happens at the last possible moment.

【搭配模式】：usu PHR after v

【语用信息】：emphasis

  • Seems we got here just in the nick of time...

    看来我们来得正是时候。

  • News of interest cuts came in the nick of time for borrowers.

    对借款人来说，减息的消息来得正是时候。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - nick collapse

nick
nick / nik / noun1. the nick [sing.] (BrE, slang) a prison or a police station
   监狱；警察局:
   He'll end up in the nick.
   他早晚得进局子。
2. a small cut in the edge or surface of sth
   裂口；刻痕
 IDIOMS 
▪ in good, etc. 'nick
(BrE, informal)
   in good, etc. condition or health
   身体健康(等)；状况良好(等)
▪ in the 7nick of 'time    (informal) at the very last moment; just in time before sth bad happens
   在最后一刻；紧要关头；恰是时候verb1. [VN] to make a small cut in sth
   在…上划刻痕；使有缺口；使有破损:
   He nicked himself while shaving.
   他刮胡子刮了个口子。
2. [VN] ~ sth (from sb / sth) (BrE, informal) to steal sth
   SYN  pinch
   扒窃；偷窃:
   Who nicked my pen?
   谁偷走了我的钢笔？
3. [VN] ~ sb (for sth) (BrE, informal) to arrest sb for committing a crime
   逮捕:
   You're nicked!
   你被捕了！
4. [V +adv. / prep.] (AustralE, NZE, informal) to go somewhere quickly
   迅速去(某地)

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - nick collapse

nick
 see in the nick of time.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - nick collapse

nick verb
⇨ cut 4 (nick your finger on sth) ⇨ steal (nick sb's bag/pen)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - nick collapse

nick

noun
1 there was a slight nick half way up the blade
CUT , scratch, abrasion, incision, snick, scrape; notch, chip, score, gouge, gash; dent, indentation; flaw, mark, blemish, defect.

2 (Brit. informal) you'll end up in the nick
PRISON , jail, lock-up, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre, young offender institution, youth custody centre; N. Amer. penitentiary, jailhouse, boot camp, stockade, house of correction; Brit. dated gaol; informal the clink, the slammer, inside, stir, the jug, the big house, the brig, the glasshouse; N. Amer. informal the can, the pen, the cooler, the joint, the pokey, the slam, the skookum house, the calaboose, the hoosegow; Brit. informal, dated the chokey, bird, quod; historical pound, roundhouse; Brit. historical approved school, borstal, bridewell; N. Amer. historical reformatory.

3 (Brit. informal) she was down at Lewisham nick, helping police with their enquiries
POLICE STATION , station; N. Amer. precinct, station house, substation; Indian kotwali, thana; informal cop shop.

4 (Brit. informal) the car's in fairly good nick
CONDITION , repair, shape, state, state of health, order, working order, form, fettle, trim.

verb
1 I didn't nick my skin even though I shaved quickly
CUT , scratch, abrade, incise, snick, scrape; notch, chip, gouge, gash, score.

2 (Brit. informal) he says you nicked his wallet
STEAL , thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, run off with, help oneself to, carry off; pilfer, embezzle, misappropriate; informal walk off/away with, run away/off with, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, filch, snaffle, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, whip, knock off, nobble, bone; N. Amer. informal heist, glom; Austral. informal snavel; W. Indian tief; archaic crib, hook.

3 (Brit. informal) Steve's been nicked
ARREST , take into custody, apprehend, take prisoner, detain, seize, capture, catch, lay hold of, take in, haul in; informal collar, nab, pick up, run in, pull in, pinch, bust, nail, do, feel someone's collar.
in the nick of time they arrived in the nick of time
JUST IN TIME , not a moment too soon, almost too late, at the critical moment; N. Amer. informal under the wire; archaic in the Godspeed, in the very nick.

词源记忆 - nick collapse

nick 刻痕，缺口，监狱，警察局
词源不详，可能来自nock 拼写变体，刻痕，缺口。俚语义监狱，警察局。