Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense nails, present participle nailing, past tense, past participle nailed
1N-COUNT 钉子 A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall. 钉子
4VERB 抓住;逮住;证明…有罪 To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law. 抓住;逮住;证明…有罪 [informal]
The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists. [VERB noun + for]
检控方仍设法使其入室抢劫知名实业家们的罪名成立。
5PHRASE 冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;强硬好斗的 If you say that someone is as hard as nails, you mean that they are extremely tough and aggressive, either physically or in their attitude towards other people or other situations. 冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;强硬好斗的
He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails.
他是一个既精明又铁石心肠的生意人。
He simply looked mean and hard as nails.
他看起来既卑鄙又冷酷无情。
6PHRASE 正中要害;说得中肯 If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something. 正中要害;说得中肯
'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
“我认为,如果人们有良好的环境,就会更有教养一点。”—“我想你说到点子上了。”
7a nail in the coffin→see: coffin to nail your colours to the mast→see: colour to fight tooth and nail→see: tooth
1on the fingers/toes手指;腳趾➡ see also fingernail, toenailADJECTIVE | VERB + NAIL | NAIL + VERB | NAIL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤long, short長指甲;短指甲➤sharp尖指甲➤healthy, strong健康的/堅硬的指甲▸➤brittle易折的指甲➤broken斷裂的指甲➤manicured修剪整齊的指甲➤acrylic, artificial, fake, false水晶指甲;人造指甲;假指甲◇I wore acrylic nails for two months.我接水晶指甲有兩個月時間。➤painted, polished塗了指甲油的指甲VERB + NAIL➤bite, chew咬指甲;啃指甲➤do, manicure修剪指甲;修指甲◇Do your nails after your bath as they will be softer.洗完澡再修剪指甲,因為那時的指甲較軟。➤clean清潔指甲➤clip, cut, trim剪指甲➤file銼指甲➤paint, polish, varnish (BrE) 塗指甲油;上指甲油➤grow留指甲◇I was trying to grow my nails.我那會兒正要把指甲留長。➤examine, inspect, study檢查/查看/端詳指甲◇She inspected her nails casually.她漫不經心地看了看自己的指甲。➤break弄斷指甲➤dig, sink用指甲戳;用指甲摳◇He screamed as she dug her nails into his shoulders.她的指甲摳進他的肩膀時,他大叫起來。➤drag將指甲滑過➤tap用指甲輕叩◇I tapped my nails against the glass.我輕輕地用指甲敲玻璃杯。NAIL + VERB➤grow指甲生長➤break, split指甲折斷/裂開➤scrape sth, scratch sth指甲刮掉⋯/劃破⋯➤bite into sth, dig into sth指甲摳進⋯NAIL + NOUN➤care指甲油(see also nail polish)➤brush指甲刷➤clippers, scissors指甲刀;指甲剪➤clippings剪下的指甲➤file指甲銼➤salon美甲店➤technician美甲師➤fungus, infection甲癬;指甲感染PREPOSITION➤under your nail在指甲縫裏◇There was dirt under his nails.他的指甲縫裏有污垢。nail
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2piece of metal金屬ADJECTIVE | VERB + NAIL | NAIL + VERB | NAIL + NOUNADJECTIVE➤long長釘子➤small短釘子➤six-inch, etc. * 6 英寸等長的釘子➤loose鬆動的釘子➤protruding突出的釘子➤bent彎釘子➤rusty生銹的釘子➤brass, iron, etc.銅釘、鐵釘等➤galvanized鍍鋅的釘子➤finishing飾面釘➤coffin, roofing棺材釘;瓦楞釘VERB + NAIL➤drive, hammer, knock釘釘子;用錘子釘釘子;敲釘子◇He knocked the nail into the wall.他把釘子敲進牆裏。➤drive in, hammer in, knock in釘進釘子;用錘子釘進釘子;敲進釘子➤pull out, remove拔出釘子NAIL + VERB➤stick out, stick up釘子突出NAIL + NOUN➤head釘頭➤hole釘眼➤bomb, gun長釘炸彈;射釘槍