| 单词 | in the nick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also at, upon) the (very) nick a. Chiefly in in (also at, upon) the (very) nick. The precise or exact point of time when something takes place or requires to be done; a critical or opportune juncture, a crucial moment; (in later use) esp. the latest possible moment. Now somewhat rare (but cf. sense 11b). ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment articlea1398 prick?c1422 crise?1541 push1563 in the nick1565 jump1598 concurrence1605 cardo1609 (the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610 edgea1616 climacterical1628 climacteric1633 in the nick-time1650 moment1666 turning-point1836 watershed1854 psychological moment1871 psychical moment1888 moment of truth1932 crunch1939 cruncher1947 high noon1955 break point1959 defining moment1967 midnight1976 the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] chance1297 occasiona1382 leisurec1386 opportunitya1387 advantage1487 portunity1516 in the nick1565 mean1592 vantage?1592 occasionet1593 overture1610 hinta1616 largeness1625 convenience1679 tid1721 opening1752 offer1831 slant1837 show1842 showing1852 show-up1883 window of opportunity1942 op1978 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iii. f. 4v And for too fierce her ire, A nother thing..there commeth in the nicke. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vi. vi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 365 The Romayne nauye..ariued at the very pinche or as commonly we say in the nicke. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 336 We came at last vnto the Gallies, iust vpon the very nicke. 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle v. sig. F3 Philistus;..just at the nick came in And parted us. 1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius v. i He is so sensible of's danger, He catches at any thing—this is our nick. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. ii. 23 Oh Mr. Loewell! you come just in the nick. 1719 J. Swift Quiet Life in Wks. (1735) II. 350 Ent'ring in the very Nick, He saw virago Nell belabor..his peaceful Neighbour. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) x. 293 They had come forth at such a nick for sale. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) iii. ii. 92 Married..they would have been, if I had not come just in the nick. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. ii. 18 There passed by in the very nick one of his friends. 1844 T. Hood Forge ii, in Whimsicalities I. 124 With whom, at that very particular nick, There is such an unlucky crow to pick. 1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) ii. 213 The little rascal would..wait for a lull, And humoured the boat, and pacified her..Till he saw the nick, and afore you'd be knowin', His helm was up, his jib was drawin', [etc.]. 1901 R. C. Lehmann Anni Fugaces 70 ‘Great Themes,’ I cried, ‘you come upon the nick.’ 1970 I. Feldman Magic Papers 25 He gets them the hell out of there... Rushes back, just In the nick! < as lemmas |
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