Helen: 大家好,欢迎收听地道英语。我是 Helen.
Rob: And I'm Rob.
Helen: 我刚才看到你在找你的耳机,后来你找到了吗?
Rob: No, you know, I looked for them everywhere. Someone must have nicked them.
没有,你知道。我到处寻找。有人偷走了我的耳机。
Helen: Nicked them?
Rob: Oh, sorry, what I meant is that someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something.
Helen: Nicked 被人偷走了。That's terrible. 这个词是怎么拼写的呢?
Rob: It's spelt N.I.C.K. nick. To nick something.
Helen: 哎呀,我儿子的好朋友就叫 Nick, 怎么这么巧。好多人都叫 Nick, 是不是很久以前叫 Nick 的人经常偷东西?才会有现在这个解释呢?
Rob: No, not at all, Nick is a great name. But this is different. Here the word 'nick' is a verb and it's British slang too.
不,毫无关系。尼克是个好名字。但是句中说的nick截然不同。此处的nick是动词,它是英国俚语。
Helen: 那就让我们来听两个例子吧,你能听出来什么东西被偷掉了吗?
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Example
Man: Someone nicked my bike this morning.
今天早晨有人偷了我的自行车。
Lady: Oh, no. Did you report it to the police?
不会吧。你向警察报告了吗?
Man: Yes, I did.
是的。