释义 |
nickn. 1. (lit.) notch or score on a tally to keep reckoning,i. e. reckoning (原指)在记账木签上的刻痕,(转义)计算。 △Gent.4.2.77 (76): “out of all nick”,i.e.beyondall reckoning. 无法计算。 2. nick of time关键时刻。 in the nick: at the right moment正在恰当时候。 △Oth5.2.316 (317): “But that,belike,Iago in the nick/Came in and satisfied him.”但是,好像正在这时候伊阿古走过来回答了他(又译:结果了他)。(按: in the nick 又作in theinterim = in the interval.“在此间隙”。)
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…的头发剪成小丑一般的奇形怪状。 △Com.1.1.175:“with scissorsnicks him like a fool;”拿剪刀把他的头发剪得跟小丑一般奇形怪状。 nick (reckoning) nick[nik]n.小切口 ◇ in the nick正是时候 |