| 释义 |
nick
I. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English nicken, from Old English niccan, from nic, nicc, adverb, not I, no, contraction of ne not + -ic I — more at no, i
: to say nay to : deny
II. \ˈnik\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English nyke, probably alteration of nocke nock — more at nock
1.
a. : a cut made or occurring in a surface or edge : notch; usually : a small sharp-edged cut made typically with one blow or stroke and without intention
< the razor had bad nicks >
< nicks in the table >
b. chiefly Scotland : a gap or slight opening in a range of hills
c. : a notch on the belly of a piece of type — compare groove; see type illustration
2.
a. archaic : a cut (as in a stick) serving as a tally
b. obsolete : reckoning, account
c. : a particular point or place considered as marked by a cut : a precise or critical moment
< help came in the nick of time >
d. [from the obsolete phrase nick and froth] obsolete : a false bottom in a beer mug
3.
a. : the exact mark aimed at
< just what he needed, mum; it was in the nick — Joyce Cary >
< his rejoinder hit the nick >
b. : the junction line of wall and floor in court tennis, squash, handball
c. [nick (III) (to breed)] : an individual superior to either parent; also : a mating that produces such offspring
4. : the sound produced by a slight or brief impact : tick
5. Australia : physical condition : shape
< in great nick >
6.
a. also nick point : a place of abrupt change in a stream gradient
b. : a sharp angle cut at the base of a cliff (as by waves and currents or by shore ice) — compare nip 5
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make a nick in : notch
< nick a tree >
< nick a steel bar before sawing >
b. : to injure by denting or chipping the surface or edge of
< nick a knife blade >
< nick a china cup >
< nick a table leg >
2.
a. : to score by making a nick on a tally
b. : to jot down : record, score
3. obsolete : to tally with : correspond to : copy closely
4. [partly short for nickname (II) ] obsolete : to fix a fitting name upon : nickname
5. obsolete
a. : to provide (a beer mug) with a false bottom
b. : cheat, defraud
6.
a. : to cut off or cut out : cut short
< cold weather nicked steel and automobile output — Time >
b. : to cut into slightly : wound lightly
< bullet nicked his leg >
< nicked himself while shaving >
c. : to make a crosscut on the underside of (the tail of a horse) to effect a higher carrying position : cut beneath the tail of (a horse)
7. : to hit, grasp, or catch precisely at the right point or time
< nick an opportunity >
< nick a secret >
< nick a train >
8.
a. slang Britain : to catch off guard : arrest
b. slang Britain : steal
c. : to take from as payment or loan : charge
< complained they were being nicked as high as $30 a ton more for special steels — Time >
intransitive verb
1. : to make petty attacks : snipe, hack
< people who nick at the American system — Saturday Review >
2. of a ball in court games : to strike the wall and floor simultaneously
3. : to outrun and take the inner course from another (as in racing) : cut in
4. : to complement one another genetically : breed together and produce offspring of good quality
IV. transitive verb
: to produce a nick in (DNA)
V. noun
1. slang Britain : jail ; also : police station
2. : a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond |