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VERB
偷;偷竊
If someone nicks something, they steal it.
例句
He smashed a window to get in and nicked a load of silver cups...
他破窗而入，偷走了很多銀杯。
We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen.
以前我們常到廚房偷餅干吃。
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VERB
抓住;逮捕
If the police nick someone, they arrest them.
例句
The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon...
警察以攜帶攻擊性武器為由逮捕了我。
Keep quiet or we'll all get nicked.
別出聲，要不然我們都會被抓住的。
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N-COUNT
監獄;監牢;警察局
The nick is a prison, or a police station.
例句
After several years banged up in the nick, even you might start to go mad.
在監獄關上幾年后，就算是你，也可能會變瘋的。
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VERB
使有劃痕;劃傷;擦傷
If you nick something or nick yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin.
例句
When I pulled out of the space, I nicked the rear bumper of the car in front of me...
我把車從車位開出來時，蹭到了前面那輛車的后保險杠。
A sharp blade is likely to nick the skin and draw blood...
鋒利的刀刃可能會劃傷皮膚，導致出血。
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N-COUNT
(通常指皮膚上的)劃痕，破口
A nick is a small cut made in the surface of something, usually in someone's skin.
例句
The barbed wire had left only the tiniest nick just below my right eye.
帶刺鐵絲網在我的右眼正下方只留了非常小的劃痕。
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VERB
欺騙;敲…竹杠
If you are nicked by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money.
例句
College students already are being nicked, but probably don't realize it.
大學生已經上了當，但他們或許還沒有意識到。
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PHRASE
處于良好狀態/處于糟糕狀態
Nick is used in expressions such as 'in good nick' or 'in bad nick' to describe the physical condition of someone or something.
例句
His ribs were damaged, but other than that he's in good nick...
他的肋骨受了損傷，但除此之外一切都還好。
Tom's house is actually in better nick than mine.
說實在的，湯姆家房子的狀況比我家的強。
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PHRASE
在事情正好發生的時候;關鍵時刻
If you say that something happens in the nick of time, you are emphasizing that it happens at the last possible moment.
例句
Seems we got here just in the nick of time...
看來我們來得正是時候。
News of interest cuts came in the nick of time for borrowers.
對借款人來說，減息的消息來得正是時候。