nail
n. 釘子; 指甲,趾甲; 釘狀物; 納爾
vt. 釘住; 抓住; 使固定; 揭露
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.
A mirror hung on a nail above the washstand...
臉盆架上方用釘子掛著一面鏡子。
He hammered the nail into the branch.
他把釘子釘到了樹枝上。
If you nail something somewhere, you fix it there using one or more nails.
Frank put the first plank down and nailed it in place...
弗蘭克放下第一塊厚木板,把它釘在合適的位置上。
They nail shut the front door...
他們把前門釘死了。
Your nails are the thin hard parts that grow at the ends of your fingers and toes.
Keep your nails short and your hands clean.
常剪指甲,保持雙手清潔。
To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law.
The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists.
檢控方仍設法使其入室搶劫知名實業家們的罪名成立。
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.
He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails...
他是一個既精明又鐵石心腸的生意人。
He simply looked mean and hard as nails.
他看起來既卑鄙又冷酷無情。
If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.
'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
“我認為,如果人們有良好的環境,就會更有教養一點。”——“我想你說到點子上了。”
1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails;
2. take into custody;
3. hit hard;
4. succeed in obtaining a position;
5. succeed at easily;
6. locate exactly;
7. complete a pass
nail down
明確地決定或建立
贏得
fight tooth and nail
見 tooth
hard as nails
(人)強硬的;鐵石心腸的,冷酷無情的
nail one's colours to the mast
a nail in the coffin
催命符,致命一擊
on the nail (北美亦作
(付款)當場的,立即的
nail someone down
使承諾
nail something down
釘牢,釘住
弄清,確定
敲定;確保(某事物,尤指協議)
nail something up
把(門、窗等)釘死
She hit the nail with a sledgehammer.
她用大錘釘釘子.
Every word he said hit the nail on the head.
他說的真是頭頭是道.
Nail biting is often a subconscious reaction to tension.
咬指甲通常是緊張時的下意識反映.
They were fighting tooth and nail.
他們猛烈地廝打著.
My dress hitched on a nail.
我的衣服被釘子掛住了.