| 单词 | nick |
| 释义 | nick /nik/, n. 1. a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something. 2. a hollow place produced in an edge or surface, as of a dish, by breaking, chipping, or the like: I didn't notice those tiny nicks in the vase when I bought it. 3. a small dent or wound. 4. a small groove on one side of the shank of a printing type, serving as a guide in setting or to distinguish different types. See diag. under type. 5. Biochem. a break in one strand of a double-stranded DNA or RNA molecule. 6. Brit. Slang. prison. 7. in the nick of time, at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment: The fire engines arrived in the nick of time. v.t. 8. to cut into or through: I nicked my chin while shaving. 9. to hit or injure slightly. 10. to make a nick or nicks in (something); notch, groove, or chip. 11. to record by means of a notch or notches. 12. to incise certain tendons at the root of (a horse's tail) to give it a higher carrying position; make an incision under the tail of (a horse). 13. to hit, guess, catch, etc., exactly. 14. Slang. to trick, cheat, or defraud: How much did they nick you for that suit? 15. Brit. Slang. a. to arrest (a criminal or suspect). b. to capture; nab. c. to steal: Someone nicked her pocketbook on the bus. [1475-85; obscurely akin to OE gehnycned wrinkled, ON hnykla to wrinkle] |
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