nickel

noun · adjective · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

nickels

1.
(uncountable)A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
2.
(Canada, US, countable)A coin worth 5 cents.
Đồng nghĩa: jitney
3.
(US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable)(US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
4.
(US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable)(US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
5.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)(US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
6.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A playing card with the rank of five
7.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A five-year prison sentence.
8.
(countable, uncountable)(American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more-common four.
9.
(UK, countable, uncountable)(UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(US, dated, idiomatic, not comparable)(US, idiomatic, somewhat dated) Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.
Let me give you the nickel tour of the office.
Đồng nghĩa: sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economic, economical, el cheapo, inexpensive, low-cost, low-end, low-priced, nickel, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive, cheap

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

nickels

V_ing/Gerund

nickeling

V_ed/pp

nickellingnickeled

1.
(transitive)To plate with nickel.
2.
(UK)(UK, World War II) To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda.

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Đồng nghĩa

jitney sixpenny tinhorntwo a pennybargainousbrand Xbudget cheapcheapiecheapo cheesy competitive economic economicalel cheapoinexpensivelow-costlow-endlow-pricedunexpensive

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nonanickeldrop a nickelif I had a nickel for every timenickel and dimenickel backnickel richnickel ridenickel-platenickel-richyou pays your nickel and you takes your chancesyou pays your nickel and you takes your choiceantimonial nickelarsenical nickelallylnickelAlumelChromeldinickelferronickelferronickelplatinumhexanickel

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (a mineral containing copper and nickel), from Kupfer (copper) + Nickel (insignificant person, goblin), originally nickname of Nikolaus (Nicholas), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.