fingernail

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n. 手指甲

发音

US /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/

词形变化

fingernails 复数 fingernails

别名

finger-nail finger nail

教材释义与例句

名词

手指甲

the hard flat part that covers the top end of your finger

It takes about 150 days to grow out a full length fingernail.

大约150天的时间就可以长一个完整的指甲出来。

As I turned on my side I noticed pieces of fingernail, bits of skin and hair on the lift carpet.

当我转身侧卧时，注意到电梯的地毯上有零星的指甲、皮肤碎屑和头发。

The top of the box was sealed with wide brown parcel tape, Jacob managed to get his fingernail under the end and peeled off the tape in one go.

箱子的顶端是用褐色的包裹胶带封起来的，雅各布用指甲把胶带的一头抠起来，一下子把胶带整个扯开。

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

    指甲

    手指甲

    掌甲

    手节掐

    指甲子

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

nail

下位词 1

thumbnail

整体词 1

finger

相关短语

fingernail moon fingernail moons fingernail clam fingernail clams little fingernail ring fingernail

词源

From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).

来源：wiktionary