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n. 钉子;指甲，趾甲;钉状物;纳尔;
vt. 钉住;抓住;使固定;揭露;
📝 例句
The nail has been pulled out.
那只钉子拔出来了。
"Every time he drinks wine, he drives a nail in his coffin."
他每喝一次酒，就等于加速死亡一步。
He drove in the nail with one stroke of the hammer.
他铁锤一敲就把钉子钉进去。
It did not take us long to nail that lie.
没多久我们就把谎言揭穿了。
Mr. Hunter kept his eyes nailed on the car in front of his.
亨特先生目不转睛地盯着他的前面一辆车子。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ nail-钉子,rail-围栏:用钉子钉牢围栏
※ nai-拼音“耐”,l-拼音“力”:订钉子要有耐力
※ tail-尾巴,nail-钉住:老鼠的尾巴被老鼠夹钉住动不了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
ail
n
1 layer of horny substance over the outer tip of a finger or toe 指甲; 趾甲: `finger-nails 手指甲
a `toe-nail 脚趾甲 * cut one's nails 剪指甲. =>illus at hand 见hand插图.
2 small thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a (usu) flat head at the other, hammered into articles to hold them together, or into a wall, etc for use as a peg to hang things on 钉子. =>illus at hammer 见hammer插图.
3 (idm 习语) a nail in sb's/sth's `coffin thing that hastens or ensures sb's death, or the end, failure, etc of sb/sth 加速某人死亡或使某人必死的事物; 某人[某事物]的结局、 失败等
The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin. 长期罢工损失巨大致使该公司一蹶不振. fight, etc tooth and nail => tooth. hard as nails => hard. hit the nail on the head => hit1. on the nail (infml 口) (of payment) without delay （指付款）立即
I want cash on the nail. 我要立即支付的现金. (as) tough as `nails => tough. nail, v
1 [Tn] (infml 口) catch or arrest (sb) 抓住或逮捕（某人）
Have the police nailed the man who did it? 警方逮著做案的人了吗?
She finally nailed me in the corridor. 她最後在走廊里把我抓住了.
2 [Tn] (infml 口) reveal (sth) to be untrue 显示（某事物）不属实
I've finally nailed the myth of his infallibility, ie shown that he can make mistakes. 我终於揭穿了他｀一贯正确＇的神话（表明他也会犯错误）.
3 (idm 习语) nail one'scolours to the `mast declare openly and firmly what one believes, whom one supports, etc （公开而坚决地）表明自己相信的事、 支持的人等; 旗帜鲜明. nail a lie (to the counter) prove that a statement is untrue 证明说法不属实; 揭穿谎言.
4 (phr v) nail sth down
(a) make (a carpet, lid, etc) secure with nails 将（地毯、 盖子等）用钉子钉牢.
(b) define sth precisely 确定某事物. nail sb down (to sth) make sb say precisely what he believes or wants to do 使某人明确地说出其相信的事或要做的事物
She says she'll come, but I can't nail her down to a specific time. 她说她来, 我却无法让她说出确切的时间. nail sth on; nail sth on/onto/to sth fasten sth to sth with nails 将某物用钉子钉在某物上
nail a lid on (the crate) 把盖子钉在（板条箱）上
nail a sign to the wall 在墙上钉一标志. nail sth up
(a) fasten sth with nails so that it hangs from a wall, post, etc 将某物用钉子钉牢使之悬挂於墙、 柱等上.
(b) make (a door, window, etc) secure with nails so that it cannot easily be opened 将（门窗等）用钉子钉牢使之不易开启.
🎯 考研助记
铁轨(rail)上有几个(n) 图钉和 指甲 那(na)泼妇用 指甲把我（i)勒(l)出血
🔁 扩展释义
*[neil]n. 钉子, 指甲vt. 用钉钉牢, 使固定, 截住, 揭露【医】 甲, 爪; 钉相关词组: nail one's eyes on sth drive a nail into nail sb down to his promise nail up on the nail pay on the nail to the nail
🏥 医学释义
①指甲 ②钉子
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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It will certainly be very funny!
这戏肯定会非常有趣的。
I hope you have a good journey back to Guangzhou.
祝你回广州时一路顺风。
I met Zheng Jie after one of his concerts about a week ago.
大约一周前，我在郑杰的一场音乐会之后见过他。