Nick



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 小伤口, 刻痕
• ［英］ n. 小伤口, 刻痕 ( a small dent or wound)
• ［记］ 联想记忆: 北美五分钱硬币, 叫nickel, 砍掉el, 就成了nick
• ［例］ He was not badly hurt, only nicks and cuts.

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Middle English nyke, probably alteration of nocke nock
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a small notch, groove, or chip
  • b. a small cut or wound
  • c. a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond
• 2. a final critical moment <in the nick of time>
• 3. slang British prison; also police station
• 4. British condition <in good nick>

II. verb

• Date: 1523
• transitive verb
  • 1. to jot down ; record
  • 2.
    • a. to make a nick in ; notch, chip
    • b. to cut into or wound slightly <nicked himself shaving>
  • 3. to cut short <cold weather, which nicked steel and automobile output — Time>
  • 4. to catch at the right point or time
  • 5. cheat, overcharge
  • 6.
    • a. slang British arrest
    • b. slang British steal
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make petty attacks ; snipe
  • 2. to complement one another genetically and produce superior offspring

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