| 词汇 | nicking |
| 释义 | nicking present participle ofnick nick verb[ T ] uk /nɪk/ us /nɪk/ nickverb[T] (STEAL)UKinformal to steal something: 偷窃，偷盗 I've had my bike nicked again.我的自行车又被偷了。 All right, who's nicked my ruler?好吧，是谁顺手牵羊拿走了我的尺子？ Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job kleptomania piratically plunder poach poaching porch piracy rustle rustling snaffle nickverb[T] (CATCH)UKslang If the police nick someone, they catch them for committing a crime: 抓获，逮捕 They nicked him for driving at 70 in a 50 speed limit area.他们逮捕了他，因为他在限速50英里的区域内开到了70英里。 Arresting & charging apprehend apprehension arrest assist attach bust busted collar cuff do for someone/something drugs bust fed handcuff nick perp walk pick pick someone/something up police action run something in warrant nickverb[T] (CHARGE)USinformal to cheat someone or to charge someone too much money: 讹诈;收取高额费用 $50 for a meal like that - we were nicked!花50美元吃这样一顿饭？我们被宰了！ If your bank account balance falls below the minimum, you'll be nicked for a $5 service charge.如果你的银行存款余额低于这个底限，那你将被收取5美元的服务费。 Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle fiddle flannel game-fixing grift grifter gull have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom pull the wool over someone's eyesidiom racket nickverb[T] (CUT)to make a small cut in a surface or an edge: 刻痕于；使有缺口 Paintwork on the corner of a stairway tends to get nicked and scratched.楼梯转角处的油漆往往容易被刮擦剥落。 Cutting and stabbing abrasion bayonet butcher carve carving chisel chop hew impale impalement impaler incise scissor score something out/through shave shave something off/from something shear shearing sheep shearing stab Examples of nickingnicking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The overall stability of the genome is always under threat of endonuclease nicking and exonuclease digestion. The slight narrowing of the retinal vessels and arteriovenous crossing changes (nicking, banking, concealment) may also reflect advancing years. I am glad to say that there is very little nicking done in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say that that amounts to a concession is like saying that a burglar has done one a favour in not nicking all one's possessions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I began by working with children who were nicking off school—truants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who gets all the blame for nicking pension funds? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a considerable amount of this nicking of the ends of the wings of ducks, particularly of rare breed ducks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pushers create a dependency market for which they have guaranteed customers who have less and less money and thus go thieving, burgling and nicking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nicking, it is admitted, is very rarely carried on in this country to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may well be true, but that is not necessarily true of nicking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot go round nicking cars, marauding around the streets and leading your lives as criminals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It involves nicking £465 million from the health service budget. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not heard of any arguments for nicking, and it seems plain that that operation is cruel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If necessary, we can send them to prison for nicking from houses or cars because they want money for drugs—that is a different matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can even create a stock shortage himself by nicking half a dozen electric bulbs and taking them home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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