nickel
gb/nˈɪkəl/ us/nˈɪkəl/
A2
Engleză
~ 8800
ötcentes érme, nikkel, öt cent, nickel védekezés, nickel felállás, nikkelez, ötös
SUBSTANTIV
A2
1
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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*.
Sens
five-cent coin
Colocații
a nickel
|nickels and dimes
|costs a nickel
|spare nickels
|roll of nickels
|drop a nickel in
Sinonime
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.)
Antonime
dollar bill (A much higher-value paper unit of money, often mentally contrasted with coins like nickels.)
Teme
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
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.
SUBSTANTIV
B1
TECHNICAL
2
nikkel
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
metallic chemical element Ni
Colocații
nickel alloy
|nickel mine
|nickel content
|nickel metal
|nickel deposit
|refined nickel
Sinonime
metal (Very general; does not specify which metal.)
|
Ni (Chemical symbol used in scientific writing rather than in everyday language.)
Antonime
nonmetal (Refers to elements that lack metallic properties, the broad opposite class in chemistry.)
Teme
science
|industry
|technology
Definiție
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.
SUBSTANTIV
B1
3
öt cent
A2
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
five-cent amount of money
Colocații
costs a nickel
|worth a nickel
|for a nickel
|every nickel
|save every nickel
Sinonime
five cents (More explicit about the value; does not suggest a physical coin.)
Antonime
a dollar (Contrasts a very small amount of money with a larger, common unit.)
Teme
money
|shopping
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
The value of five cents in money.
An amount of money equal to five cents, especially in US or Canadian currency.
SUBSTANTIV
B2
TECHNICAL
4
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
American football defense with five backs
Colocații
nickel defense
|nickel package
|nickel cornerback
|play in the nickel
|go to a nickel look
Sinonime
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.)
Antonime
base defense (Refers to a team's standard defensive formation with fewer defensive backs, often contrasted with nickel packages.)
Teme
sports
Definiție
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.
VERB
C1
TECHNICAL
5
nikkelez
C1
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
to coat something with nickel
Colocații
nickel the surface
|nickel a part
|nickeled finish
|nickel-plated components
|nickel and chrome plate
Sinonime
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.)
Antonime
strip (Means to remove a coating such as nickel from a surface.)
Teme
industry
|technology
Definiție
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.
SUBSTANTIV
C1
SLANG
6
ötös
B2
Tipar de utilizare:
[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.
Exemple pentru cursanți
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.
Greșeală frecventă:
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.
Sens
slang for a group of five
Colocații
do a nickel
|serve a nickel
|a nickel bag
|a nickel rock
|a nickel on the dollar
Sinonime
five spot (Slang for a five-dollar bill; overlaps when *nickel* refers to five dollars.)
Antonime
dime (In some slang uses, *dime* refers to ten units (such as ten years or ten dollars), contrasting with *nickel* as five.)
Teme
slang
|crime
|money
|law
|finance
Definiție
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.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
nickel
IPA
GB/nˈɪkəl/
US/nˈɪkəl/
Silabe și accent
nick - el (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (nick)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: nickel
- Plural: nickel, nickels
Verb
- Base: nickel
- 3rd Person Singular: nickels
- Present Participle: nickeling, nickelling
- Past: nickeled, nickelled
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
nickels
noun
nickeling
verb
nickelling
verb
nickeled
verb
nickelled
verb
Expresii
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.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- 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.
Exemple
- 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.