nicker

vi. 嘶叫, 闷笑 n. 马嘶, 闷笑

发音

AU /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/

词形变化

nickers 复数 nickers 三单 nickering 现在分词 nickered 过去式 nickered 过去分词

别名

nikker nicher nigher

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Pound sterling.

    俚语

    This coat cost me 50 nicker.

  2. 1.

    A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

  3. 2.

    A snigger or suppressed laugh.

  4. 1.

    One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.

    废旧 俚语

    1713-1714, John Arbuthnot, Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus your modern musicians want art to defend their windows from common nickers

  5. 2.

    The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

  6. 3.

    Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.

    非正式
  7. 1.

    A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.

  8. 2.

    Hippopotamus.

  9. 1.

    nigger.

    贬义 委婉 冒犯 粗俗
v.
  1. 1.

    To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

  2. 2.

    To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.

  3. 1.

    To snatch or steal.

    英国 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

neigh whinny whicker

上位词 1

cry
动词

同义词 3

neigh whinny whicker

上位词 4

utter emit let out let loose

相关短语

nicker tree nicker trees nicker nut [网络] 切口螺母 nicker nuts nicker bean nicker beans

词源

Imitative; from 1774.

来源：wiktionary