| 单词 | in good nick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin good (fair, etc.) nick 16. colloquial. Condition, state. Chiefly in in good (fair, etc.) nick: in the specified state or condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > in good condition well-repaireda1470 sufficient1473 in tone1513 in reparation (also reparations)1565 in repair1648 in good (fair, etc.) nick1890 on-form1965 on (full) song1967 1884 R. Lawson Upton-on-Severn Words & Phrases 39 ‘Up to dick’, or ‘nick’..= in first-rate condition; to perfection.] 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 103 Nick,..condition, fettle. 1905 J. Wright Eng. Dial. Dict. Suppl. 151/1 In good nick, in good condition. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 178 They're all in pretty good nick, considering. Shagged, of course. 1957 Railway Mag. June 431/1 It does not mean..that an ‘A4’ in good ‘nick’..is not capable of performances well up to the pre-war standard. 1984 M. Amis Money 134 I was in no sort of nick for this encounter, I admit. < as lemmas |
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