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VERB
偷;偷窃
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，偷走了很多银杯。
We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen.
以前我们常到厨房偷饼干吃。
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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...
警察以携带攻击性武器为由逮捕了我。
Keep quiet or we'll all get nicked.
别出声，要不然我们都会被抓住的。
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N-COUNT
监狱;监牢;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.
在监狱关上几年后，就算是你，也可能会变疯的。
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VERB
使有划痕;划伤;擦伤
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...
我把车从车位开出来时，蹭到了前面那辆车的后保险杠。
A sharp blade is likely to nick the skin and draw blood...
锋利的刀刃可能会划伤皮肤，导致出血。
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N-COUNT
(通常指皮肤上的)划痕，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.
带刺铁丝网在我的右眼正下方只留了非常小的划痕。
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VERB
欺骗;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.
大学生已经上了当，但他们或许还没有意识到。
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PHRASE
处于良好状态/处于糟糕状态
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...
他的肋骨受了损伤，但除此之外一切都还好。
Tom's house is actually in better nick than mine.
说实在的，汤姆家房子的状况比我家的强。
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PHRASE
在事情正好发生的时候;关键时刻
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...
看来我们来得正是时候。
News of interest cuts came in the nick of time for borrowers.
对借款人来说，减息的消息来得正是时候。