单词 | nick |
释义 | Word Frequency nick 1(nɪk) noun 1. a small notch or indentation on an edge or surface 2. a groove on the shank of a printing type, used to orientate type and often to distinguish the fount 3. British a slang word for prison, police station 4. in good nick 5. in the nick of time verb 6. (transitive) to chip or cut 7. (transitive) slang, mainly British a. to steal b. to take into legal custody; arrest 8. (intransitive; often foll by off) informal to move or depart rapidly 9. to divide and reset (certain of the tail muscles of a horse) to give the tail a high carriage 10. (transitive) to guess, catch, etc, exactly 11. (intransitive) (of breeding stock) to mate satisfactorily 12. nick someone for Word origin C15: perhaps changed from C14 nocke nockWord Frequency nick 2(nɪk) noun computing an alias adopted by a member of a chatroom or forum; nickname Word origin short for nickname |
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