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n. 釘子;指甲，趾甲;釘狀物;納爾;
vt. 釘住;抓住;使固定;揭露;
?? 例句
The nail has been pulled out.
那只釘子拔出來了。
"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.
他鐵錘一敲就把釘子釘進去。
It did not take us long to nail that lie.
沒多久我們就把謊言揭穿了。
Mr. Hunter kept his eyes nailed on the car in front of his.
亨特先生目不轉睛地盯著他的前面一輛車子。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ nail-釘子,rail-圍欄:用釘子釘牢圍欄
※ nai-拼音“耐”,l-拼音“力”:訂釘子要有耐力
※ tail-尾巴,nail-釘住:老鼠的尾巴被老鼠夾釘住動不了
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
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 腳趾甲 * cut one's nails 剪指甲. =>illus at hand 見hand插圖.
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 釘子. =>illus at hammer 見hammer插圖.
3 (idm 習語) 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]的結局、 失敗等
The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin. 長期罷工損失巨大致使該公司一蹶不振. 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. 我要立即支付的現金. (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嗎?
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 顯示（某事物）不屬實
I've finally nailed the myth of his infallibility, ie shown that he can make mistakes. 我終於揭穿了他｀一貫正確＇的神話（表明他也會犯錯誤）.
3 (idm 習語) nail one'scolours to the `mast declare openly and firmly what one believes, whom one supports, etc （公開而堅決地）表明自己相信的事、 支持的人等; 旗幟鮮明. nail a lie (to the counter) prove that a statement is untrue 證明說法不屬實; 揭穿謊言.
4 (phr v) nail sth down
(a) make (a carpet, lid, etc) secure with nails 將（地毯、 蓋子等）用釘子釘牢.
(b) define sth precisely 確定某事物. nail sb down (to sth) make sb say precisely what he believes or wants to do 使某人明確地說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. 她說她來, 我卻無法讓她說出確切的時間. nail sth on; nail sth on/onto/to sth fasten sth to sth with nails 將某物用釘子釘在某物上
nail a lid on (the crate) 把蓋子釘在（板條箱）上
nail a sign to the wall 在墻上釘一標志. nail sth up
(a) fasten sth with nails so that it hangs from a wall, post, etc 將某物用釘子釘牢使之懸掛於墻、 柱等上.
(b) make (a door, window, etc) secure with nails so that it cannot easily be opened 將（門窗等）用釘子釘牢使之不易開啟.
?? 考研助記
鐵軌(rail)上有幾個(n) 圖釘和 指甲 那(na)潑婦用 指甲把我（i)勒(l)出血
?? 擴展釋義
*[neil]n. 釘子, 指甲vt. 用釘釘牢, 使固定, 截住, 揭露【醫】 甲, 爪; 釘相關詞組: 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
?? 醫學釋義
①指甲 ②釘子
?? 同為「CET-4」詞匯
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Where's the Tomorrow Land Building?
未來世界大廈在哪兒？
It's bean soup.
蠶豆湯。
I'd prefer them not to play too loudly at the beginning.
我比較喜歡開始時的演奏不要太吵