Tra từ nice - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nice [nice nicer nicest] BrE [naɪs] NAmE [naɪs] adjective (nicer, nicest)

PLEASANT/ATTRACTIVE
1. pleasant, enjoyable or attractive
•a nice day/smile/place
•nice weather
• Did you have a nice time?
• You look very nice.
•‘Do you want to come, too?’ ‘Yes, that would be nice.’
•The nicest thing about her is that she never criticizes us.
•~ (to do sth) Nice to meet you! (= a friendly ↑greeting when you meet sb for the first time)
•~ (doing sth) It's been nice meeting you.
•~ (that…) It's nice that you can come with us.
•It would be nice if he moved to London.
•We all had the flu last week— it wasn't very nice.
•It's nice to know that somebody appreciates what I do.
2. used before adjectives or adverbs to emphasize how pleasant sth is
•a nice hot bath
•a nice long walk
• It was nice and warm yesterday.
• Everyone arrived nice and early. Nice and with another adjective cannot be used before a noun: a nice and quiet place.

KIND/FRIENDLY
3. kind; friendly
• Our new neighbours are very nice.
• He's a really nice guy.
•~ to sb Be nice to me. I'm not feeling well.
•~ of sb (to do sth) It was nice of them to invite us.
•~ about sth I complained to the manager and he was very nice about it.
•I asked him in the nicest possible way to put his cigarette out.
Opp: ↑nasty

NOT NICE
4. (ironic)bad or unpleasant
•That's a nice thing to say!
•That's a nice way to speak to your mother!

SMALL DETAILS
5. (formal)involving a very small detail or difference
Syn: ↑subtle
•a nice point of law (= one that is difficult to decide)
more at Mr Nice Guy at ↑Mr
Idioms: ↑as nice as pie ▪ ↑have a nice day! ▪ ↑nice one! ▪ ↑nice work if you can get it ▪ ↑nice work!
Derived Word: ↑niceness

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘stupid’): from Old French, from Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, from nescire ‘not know’. Other early senses included ‘coy, reserved’, giving rise to ‘fastidious, scrupulous’: this led both to the sense ‘fine, subtle’ (regarded by some as the “correct” sense), and to the main current senses.

Thesaurus:
nice adj.
1. (especially spoken)
•Have a nice day!
pleasant • • enjoyable • |especially spoken good • |especially BrE, especially spoken lovely • |formal pleasurable •
Opp: nasty
It's nice/pleasant/good/lovely to be/feel/find/have/know/meet/see…
It would be nice/pleasant/good/lovely if…
It's nice/good/lovely that…
Nice, pleasant or good? All these words can describe times, events, feelings and the weather. Nice and pleasant can also describe places, and nice can describe sb's appearance.
2. (especially spoken)
•Our new neighbours are very nice.
charming • • friendly • • pleasant • • good-natured • • engaging • |especially BrE likeable • |especially AmE likable • |informal wonderful • |especially BrE, especially spoken lovely • • sweet •
Opp: nasty
a/an nice/charming/friendly/pleasant/good-natured/engaging/likeable/wonderful/lovely/sweet man/woman
a nice/charming/friendly/pleasant/engaging/likeable/wonderful/lovely/sweet personality

Vocabulary Building:
Nice and very nice
Instead of saying that something is nice or very nice, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:
pleasant/perfect/beautiful weather
a cosy /a comfortable /an attractive room
a pleasant /an interesting /an enjoyable experience
expensive /fashionable /smart clothes
a kind /a charming /an interesting man
The party was fun.
In conversation you can also use great, wonderful, lovely and (in BrE) brilliant: ▪ The party was great. ◇ ▪ We had a brilliant weekend.
note at ↑good

Example Bank:
•He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.
•His mother sounded very nice on the phone.
•I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.
•I felt nice and cosy.
•I'm sure she's perfectly nice really.
•It had not been a particularly nice experience.
•It's a nice little place you have here.
•It's nice for Mum to get out more.
•Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them.
•That bread smells nice.
•an awfully nice man
•‘Do you want to come too?’ ‘Yes, that would be nice.’
•Be nice to me. I'm not feeling well.
•Can't you be nice to each other for once?
•Have a nice day!
•He's a really nice guy.
•If it's a nice day tomorrow, shall we go out?
•It's been nice meeting you.
•It's nice that you can come with us.
•It's nice to know that somebody appreciates what I do.
•Nice to meet you!
•We all had the flu last week— it wasn't very nice.
•You look nice.