nicked
past simple and past participle ofnick
| 单词 | nicked |
| 释义 | nicked past simple and past participle ofnick nick verb[T] uk/nɪk/us/nɪk/nickverb[T](STEAL)UKinformal tostealsomething: I've had mybikenicked again. Allright, who's nicked myruler? Stealing
nickverb[T](CATCH)UKslang If thepolicenick someone, theycatchthem forcommittingacrime: They nicked himfordrivingat 70 in a 50speedlimitarea. Arresting & charging
nickverb[T](CHARGE)USinformal tocheatsomeone or tochargesomeone too muchmoney: $50 for ameallike that - we were nicked! Ifyourbankaccountbalancefallsbelow theminimum, you'll be nickedfora $5servicecharge. Cheating & tricking
nickverb[T](CUT)to make asmallcutin asurfaceor anedge: Paintwork on thecornerof astairwaytendsto get nicked andscratched. Cutting and stabbing
Examplesofnickednicked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thenickedjunction behaves as if one helix disengages from the other on releasing the constraint of one strand, resulting in the observed rotation. From theCambridge English Corpus One problem on election day was getting the shearing done in time to vote and there were manynickedsheep around the next day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they havenickeda car or are driving without a licence, it is a serious offence, not a trivial one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She could leave her house early in the morning or late at night and risk beingnicked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If someone is going to commit or has committed an offence, he should benicked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They fear their few possessions will be "nicked" if they go into shared accommodation with someone they do not know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of assets beingnicked, as he put it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that gave ample time in which to train our customs officers to know the difference betweennickedand docked horses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Where dispensing provisions have been set up, addicts have sometimes beennickedon the way out for trying to steal, say, a bottle of whisky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She had to beg the money to pay off the fine and then gotnickedbegging the money to pay off the fine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These people must be put out of business, and they must benickedon the occasions when they break the law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade-off would be having to make a telephone call, set against the advantage of its being less likely that one's phone would benicked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But will the taking away of benefit prevent one incidence of aerosol spraying, one television beingnickedor one drug being pushed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When the education welfare officer called round, she was confronted with the excuse that the school uniform had beennickedoff the washing line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak as someone with first-hand experience of car crime, having had onenickedon the way to a crime prevention conference during the general election campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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. |
| 随便看 |
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。