nick

英 [n?k] 美[n?k]

GRE中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?nicks;第三人稱單數:?nicks;過去式:?nicked;過去分詞:?nicked;現在分詞:?nicking;

nick 刻痕，缺口，監獄，警察局

詞源不詳，可能來自nock拼寫變體，刻痕，缺口。俚語義監獄，警察局。

nick (n.): "notch, groove, slit," late 15c., nyke, of unknown origin, possibly influenced by Middle French niche (see niche), or from it. Nick of time is first attested 1640s (nick of opportunity is 1610s), possibly from an old custom of recording time as it passed by making notches on a tally stick, though nick in the general sense of "critical moment" is older (1570s, Hanmer, who adds "as commonly we say") than the phrase.
nick (v.): 1520s, "to make a notch in," from nick (n.). Sense of "to steal" is from 1869, probably from earlier slang sense of "to catch, take unawares, arrest" (1620s). The precise sense connection is unclear. Related: Nicked; nicking.
Nick: masc. proper name, familiar form of Nicholas. As "the devil" by 1640s, but the reason for it is obscure.

1. She sipped the wine. Everything was hazy now, except for Nick's face.: 她小口地抿著酒。現在一切都變得模糊起來，除了尼克的臉。

2. News of interest cuts came in the nick of time for borrowers.: 對借款人來說，減息的消息來得正是時候。

3. Davey sat as if hypnotized by the sound of Nick's voice.: 戴維坐在那里，好像被尼克的聲音迷住了似的。

4. Nick Sullivan previews this season's collections from Paris and Milan.: 尼克·沙利文對這一季來自巴黎和米蘭的時裝系列作了預評。

5. Nick finished what he was saying and jumped down from the platform.: 尼克講完后，從講臺上跳了下來。