nick
n. 刻痕; 缺口; 〈英俚〉监狱; 〈美俚〉五分镍币
vt. 刻痕于; 割伤; 挑毛病; 〈英俚〉逮捕
vi. 刻痕; 狙击
If someone nicks something, they steal it.
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。
If the police nick someone, they arrest them.
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。
The nick is a prison, or a police station.
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。
If you nick something or nick yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin.
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。
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。
If you are nicked by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money.
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。
Nick is used in expressions such as 'in good nick' or 'in bad nick' to describe the physical condition of someone or something.
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。
If you say that something happens in the nick of time, you are emphasizing that it happens at the last possible moment.
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。
1. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
2. a small cut
1. cut slightly, with a razor;
2. cut a nick into
3. divide or reset the tail muscles of;
4. mate successfully; of livestock
in —— nick
(英,非正式)处于…样的境况
in the nick of time
正当紧要关头;正及时
We bantered Nick on the subject of marriage.
我们就婚姻问题取笑尼克.
You've come in the nick of time!
你来得正是节骨眼上!
This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.
这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的.
He'll end up in the nick.
他早晚得进局子。
Nick, on the sofa, hardly slept.
尼克在沙发上几乎没睡。