nickn. 1. (lit.) notch or score on a tally to keep reckoning,i. e. reckoning (原指)在記賬木簽上的刻痕,(轉(zhuǎn)義)計(jì)算。 △Gent.4.2.77 (76): “out of all nick”,i.e.beyondall reckoning. 無法計(jì)算。 2. nick of time關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻。 in the nick: at the right moment正在恰當(dāng)時(shí)候。 △Oth5.2.316 (317): “But that,belike,Iago in the nick/Came in and satisfied him.”但是,好像正在這時(shí)候伊阿古走過來回答了他(又譯:結(jié)果了他)。(按: in the nick 又作in theinterim = in the interval.“在此間隙”。)
nickvt. cut in nicks or not-ches,cut short,cut one’shair in a fantastic fashionlike a fool or jester把…刻成凹槽.把…剪短.把…的頭發(fā)剪成小丑一般的奇形怪狀。 △Com.1.1.175:“with scissorsnicks him like a fool;”拿剪刀把他的頭發(fā)剪得跟小丑一般奇形怪狀。 
nick (reckoning) nick[nik]n.小切口 ◇ in the nick正是時(shí)候 |