nickel
gb/nˈɪkəl/ us/nˈɪkəl/
A2
英語
~ 8800
ötcentes érme, nikkel, öt cent, nickel védekezés, nickel felállás, nikkelez, ötös
名詞
A2
1
用法パターン：
[someone] gives [someone] a nickel
I don't have a nickel for the parking meter.
Nincs nálam egy ötcentes a parkolóórához.
She handed the cashier a nickel and three pennies.
Átadott a pénztárosnak egy ötcentest és három egycentest.
When my grandfather was young, a soda cost only a nickel.
He dropped a nickel into the charity jar by the register.
The machine only takes quarters and nickels.
学習者向け例文
I found a nickel on the street.
Találtam egy ötcentest az utcán.
Do you have a nickel for the bus?
Van nálad egy ötcentes a buszra?
This candy costs one nickel.
He put three nickels in the box.
She paid with one dime and one nickel.
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes confuse the coin with the metal and say things like *"I paid with nickel"* instead of *"I paid with a nickel."* Always use an article when you mean the coin: *a nickel*, *two nickels*.
意味
five-cent coin
コロケーション
a nickel
|nickels and dimes
|costs a nickel
|spare nickels
|roll of nickels
|drop a nickel in
類義語
five-cent coin (More descriptive; clearly states the value but is less commonly used as a fixed term.)
|
coin (More general; does not specify the value.)
対義語
dollar bill (A much higher-value paper unit of money, often mentally contrasted with coins like nickels.)
テーマ
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|core_vocabulary
定義
A small coin that has the value of five cents in the US or Canada.
A coin worth five cents in the United States or Canada.
名詞
B1
TECHNICAL
2
nikkel
B2
用法パターン：
[something] contains nickel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium, and nickel.
A rozsdamentes acél a vas, a króm és a nikkel ötvözete.
Some people develop skin irritation when they wear jewelry that contains nickel.
Egyeseknél bőrirritáció alakul ki, ha nikkelt tartalmazó ékszert viselnek.
The country is investing heavily in its nickel mining industry.
These batteries use nickel and cadmium as their main active materials.
Researchers are studying how nickel behaves under extreme temperatures.
学習者向け例文
This ring has nickel in it.
Ez a gyűrű nikkelt tartalmaz.
He works at a nickel mine.
Egy nikkelbányában dolgozik.
Some people are allergic to nickel.
Nickel is used to make strong metal parts.
The battery has nickel and other metals inside.
よくある間違い：
Learners may not realize that the everyday coin and the chemical element share the same word. In science and engineering texts, *nickel* almost always means the metal, not the coin.
意味
metallic chemical element Ni
コロケーション
nickel alloy
|nickel mine
|nickel content
|nickel metal
|nickel deposit
|refined nickel
類義語
metal (Very general; does not specify which metal.)
|
Ni (Chemical symbol used in scientific writing rather than in everyday language.)
対義語
nonmetal (Refers to elements that lack metallic properties, the broad opposite class in chemistry.)
テーマ
science
|industry
|technology
定義
A hard, silver-colored metal (chemical symbol Ni) that is often mixed with other metals or used to cover them.
A hard, silvery-white metallic chemical element, symbol Ni and atomic number 28, used especially in alloys and for plating other metals.
名詞
B1
3
öt cent
A2
用法パターン：
[something] costs a nickel
It used to cost a nickel to ride the bus.
Régen öt centbe került a buszozás.
He said he wouldn't pay a nickel more than the asking price.
Azt mondta, hogy az irányárnál öt centtel sem fizetne többet.
They saved every nickel they earned to buy a house.
Back then, you could get a cup of coffee for a nickel.
She wouldn’t give a nickel to support that project.
学習者向け例文
The old movie ticket was only a nickel.
A régi mozijegy mindössze öt cent volt.
My grandfather says bread was a nickel when he was young.
A nagyapám azt mondja, hogy fiatal korában a kenyér öt cent volt.
He does not want to spend one more nickel.
She saves every nickel she gets.
This toy costs less than a nickel.
よくある間違い：
Learners often do not separate the idea of the coin from the value. In sentences like *"He wouldn't pay a nickel more,"* *nickel* refers to the amount of money, not the actual coin.
意味
five-cent amount of money
コロケーション
costs a nickel
|worth a nickel
|for a nickel
|every nickel
|save every nickel
類義語
five cents (More explicit about the value; does not suggest a physical coin.)
対義語
a dollar (Contrasts a very small amount of money with a larger, common unit.)
テーマ
money
|shopping
|finance
|core_vocabulary
定義
The value of five cents in money.
An amount of money equal to five cents, especially in US or Canadian currency.
名詞
B2
TECHNICAL
4
用法パターン：
[team] lines up in a nickel
The coach switched to a nickel defense on third down.
Az edző a harmadik kísérletnél nickel védekezésre váltott.
They brought in an extra cornerback to play in the nickel.
Behoztak egy plusz cornerbacket, hogy nickel felállásban játsszanak.
Against pass-heavy teams, the Jaguars spend most snaps in a nickel package.
The rookie earned playing time as the nickel corner.
Their nickel struggled to stop short passes over the middle.
学習者向け例文
The team uses a nickel on passing plays.
A csapat passzjátékoknál nickel védekezést használ.
He is the nickel corner on the football team.
Ő az amerikaifutball-csapat nickel cornerbackje.
They change to a nickel when it is third down and long.
The coach likes to play in a nickel defense.
In a nickel, there are five players in the back.
よくある間違い：
Learners may think *nickel* here still refers to money. In sports news, if you read about *playing in the nickel* or *the nickel corner*, it is about a football position or formation, not coins.
意味
American football defense with five backs
コロケーション
nickel defense
|nickel package
|nickel cornerback
|play in the nickel
|go to a nickel look
類義語
nickel defense (Full term; more explicit than just saying *nickel* by itself.)
|
nickel package (Very close in meaning but emphasizes the group of players used rather than the formation itself.)
対義語
base defense (Refers to a team's standard defensive formation with fewer defensive backs, often contrasted with nickel packages.)
テーマ
sports
定義
In American football, a special defense with five players in the back to stop passing plays.
In American football, a defensive formation that employs five defensive backs, typically used against passing plays.
動詞
C1
TECHNICAL
5
nikkelez
C1
用法パターン：
[someone] nickels [something]
They decided to nickel the steel parts to prevent corrosion.
Úgy döntöttek, hogy a korrózió megelőzése érdekében nikkelezik az acélalkatrészeket.
The company nickels and then chromes the faucets for a high-gloss finish.
A cég előbb nikkelezi, majd krómozza a csaptelepeket, hogy magasfényű felületet kapjanak.
Before you nickel the piece, make sure the surface is completely clean.
This shop can nickel small components in large batches.
We had the old handles nickeled to match the new fixtures.
学習者向け例文
The factory will nickel these metal parts.
A gyár nikkelezni fogja ezeket a fémalkatrészeket.
They nickel the tools so they do not rust.
Azért nikkelezik a szerszámokat, hogy ne rozsdásodjanak.
The company nickels and then paints the product.
We need to nickel the surface before we use it.
He works at a shop that nickels car parts.
よくある間違い：
This technical verb is rare in everyday language. Learners are more likely to see the past participle in forms like *nickel-plated*. Do not confuse the verb *to nickel* with the noun for the coin.
意味
to coat something with nickel
コロケーション
nickel the surface
|nickel a part
|nickeled finish
|nickel-plated components
|nickel and chrome plate
類義語
plate (General term for coating a metal surface; does not specify nickel.)
|
electroplate (More specifically refers to the electrical process used to deposit metal coatings.)
対義語
strip (Means to remove a coating such as nickel from a surface.)
テーマ
industry
|technology
定義
To put a thin layer of the metal nickel on something, usually to protect it or make it shiny.
To cover a surface with a thin layer of nickel, typically by electroplating, for protection or appearance.
名詞
C1
SLANG
6
ötös
B2
用法パターン：
[someone] does a nickel
He ended up doing a nickel for that robbery.
Végül leült egy ötöst azért a rablásért.
They gave him a nickel for the drugs they found on him.
Kapott egy ötöst a nála talált drog miatt.
Back then you could get a nickel bag on every corner.
She was facing a nickel if she violated her probation.
He bragged about surviving a hard nickel upstate.
学習者向け例文
In this movie, the man does a nickel in prison.
Ebben a filmben a férfi egy ötöst ül le a börtönben.
He says he spent a nickel behind bars.
Azt mondja, egy ötöst töltött a rács mögött.
The song talks about a nickel bag of drugs.
In slang, a nickel can mean five years in prison.
They gave him a nickel for the crime.
よくある間違い：
Learners may think *nickel* always means a coin. In crime or prison slang like *do a nickel*, it means five years in prison, not money.
意味
slang for a group of five
コロケーション
do a nickel
|serve a nickel
|a nickel bag
|a nickel rock
|a nickel on the dollar
類義語
five spot (Slang for a five-dollar bill; overlaps when *nickel* refers to five dollars.)
対義語
dime (In some slang uses, *dime* refers to ten units (such as ten years or ten dollars), contrasting with *nickel* as five.)
テーマ
slang
|crime
|money
|law
|finance
定義
Slang: five of something, especially five years in prison or five dollars in money.
Slang for a group of five units, especially five years in prison or five dollars, and by extension sometimes five grams of an illegal drug.
文法
辞書形
nickel
IPA
GB/nˈɪkəl/
US/nˈɪkəl/
音節・強勢
nick - el （2音節）
Stress on 1st syllable (nick)
活用形
Noun
- Base: nickel
- Plural: nickel, nickels
Verb
- Base: nickel
- 3rd Person Singular: nickels
- Present Participle: nickeling, nickelling
- Past: nickeled, nickelled
関連語
Forms
nickels
noun
nickeling
verb
nickelling
verb
nickeled
verb
nickelled
verb
表現
nickel and dime
1/nˈɪkəl ˈænd dˈaɪm/
idiom
informal
to charge many small fees
To take or charge many small amounts of money that together feel unfair or annoying.
例文
- The airline will nickel and dime you for every little service.
- Customers are tired of being nickeled and dimed with hidden fees.
- I chose a different bank because the first one kept trying to nickel and dime me.
nickel-and-dime
1/nˈɪkəl ˈænd dˈaɪm/
idiom
informal
involving small, unimportant amounts
Used before a noun to describe something that involves very small or unimportant amounts of money, often in an annoying way.
例文
- They keep hitting us with these nickel-and-dime charges.
- She was sick of all the nickel-and-dime fees on her phone bill.
- We need to focus on big savings, not nickel-and-dime cuts.
not worth a plug nickel
1/nˈɑt wˈɚθ ə plˈʌɡ nˈɪkəl/
idiom
informal
to have almost no value
To be almost worthless; to have almost no value or use.
例文
- That old laptop isn’t worth a plug nickel.
- His advice isn’t worth a plug nickel these days.
- Without the main star, the show would be not worth a plug nickel.
spend a nickel
1/spˈɛnd ə nˈɪkəl/
idiom
informal
euphemism for urinating
A humorous or old-fashioned way to say you are going to the toilet to urinate.
例文
- I’ll be right back, I’ve got to go spend a nickel.
- He excused himself from the table to spend a nickel.
- Grandpa joked that he needed to spend a nickel before the movie started.