English Dictionary

nice

/naɪs/

adj

Pleasant, satisfactory. / Of a person: friendly, attractive. / Respectable; virtuous. / (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

The weather is nice today.

意味（1）

Pleasant, satisfactory.

When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)

意味（2）

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

意味（3）

Respectable; virtuous.

What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?

意味（4）

(with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

The soup is nice and hot.

意味（5）

Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

a nice way of putting it

意味（6）

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

意味（7）

(now rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

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.

意味（8）

(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.

Choice, nice in eating; fastidiosus in edendo.

意味（9）

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

“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. ..."

意味（10）

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.

意味（11）

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

意味（12）

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

[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?

[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?