nice

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈnaɪ̯s/    美 /ˈnaɪ̯s/|/ˈnɑ̟ɪ̯s/|/ˈnɒ̈ɪ̯s/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. niceness. uncountable
    — She had refused as kindly as she know how, using up as much nice as she had energy for because she was glad of his company when three o'clock rolled around and she started thinking about September.
动词 v.
  1. To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority. Unix,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary. informal
    — You weren’t nice to me this morning.
  2. Of a person: friendly, attractive. informal
    — Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye.
  3. Respectable; virtuous.
    — What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
  4. Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. informal
    — The soup is nice and hot.
  5. Giving a favorable review or having a favorable impression. informal
    — For Candy Crush Saga, the critics were far nicer than the audience (7.9/10 vs. 3.1/10).
  6. Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly informal
    — a nice way of putting it
  7. Silly, ignorant; foolish. obsolete
    — Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice To change true rules for odd inventions.
  8. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. archaic
    — There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
  9. Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious. dated
    — Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo.
  10. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. obsolete
    — “Well, my dear,” he deliberately began, “considering we never saw her before, she seems a very pretty sort of young lady; and I dare say she was very much pleased with you. She speaks a little too quick. A little quickness of voice there is which rather hurts the ear. But I believe I am nice; I do not like strange voices; and nobody speaks like you and poor Miss Taylor. ..."
  11. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
    — "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
  12. Easily injured; delicate; dainty. obsolete
  13. Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. obsolete
    — [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?
    Is it good / To bet all of our wealth / On one throw of the dice? To place so high a stake / On the risky hazard of one doubtful hour?
副词 adv.
  1. Nicely. colloquial
    — Children, play nice.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to signify a job well done.
    — Nice! I couldn't have done better.
  2. Used to signify approval.
    — Is that your new car? Nice!

词形变化

nicer comparative nicest superlative nyc alternative,nonstandard noice alternative,slang nicer comparative nicest superlative nyc alternative,nonstandard noice alternative,slang nice! canonical nyc alternative,nonstandard noice alternative,slang nyc alternative,nonstandard noice alternative,slang nices present,singular,third-person nicing participle,present niced participle,past niced past nyc alternative,nonstandard noice alternative,slang

词汇关系

近义词
delightful friendly kind lovely pleasant sweet
反义词
horrible horrid nasty awful disgusting foul nauseating putrid rancid rank sickening distasteful gross unsatisfactory naughty
相关词
nicety

词源

词源 1
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
词源 2
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.
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