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单词 nail
释义 nail
[neɪl] noun countable
METAL 金属
 ADVANCED 
■a small thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end which you hit into something with a hammer, especially in order to fasten or join it to something else 钉,钉子
a three-inch nail三英寸长的钉子
I stepped on a nail sticking out of the floorboards.我踩到了地板上凸出来的一颗钉子。
Hammer a nail into the wall and we'll hang the mirror from it.在墙上钉个钉子,我们要把镜子挂在上面。
[neɪl] noun countable
BODY PART 身体部位
 ADVANCED 
■a thin hard area that covers the upper side of the end of each finger and each toe 指甲;趾甲
Stop biting your nails!别再咬指甲了!
nail clippers指甲刀
a nail file指甲锉
[neɪl] noun countable
another/the final nail in the coffin
■an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail 导致失败的事件,致命打击,催命符
Each successive revelation of incompetence is another nail in the chairman's coffin.接二连三地显露出不称职,是导致董事长下台的一道道催命符。
That report drove the final nail in the company's coffin.那份报告为公司敲响了丧钟。
[neɪl] noun countable
hard/tough as nails
■not feeling or showing any emotions such as sympathy, fear or worry 冷酷无情的,铁石心肠的
[neɪl] verb
FASTEN 钉牢
transitive + adverb or preposition
■to fasten something with nails 用钉子钉,将…钉牢
She had nailed a small shelf to the door.她在门上钉了一个小架子。
A notice had been nailed up on the wall.墙上钉了一张告示。
The lid of the coffin had been nailed down.棺材盖被钉死了。
[neɪl] verb
CATCH 抓获
transitive slang
■to catch someone, especially when they are doing something wrong, or to make it clear that they are guilty (尤指当场)抓获,逮住;证明…有罪,揭发
The police had been trying to nail those guys for months.数月来,警方一直想抓住那帮家伙。
[neɪl] verb
nail your colours to the mast UK
■to make it obvious what your opinions or plans are 明确表态;表明意图
[neɪl] verb
nail a lie UK old-fashioned informal
■to prove that something really is a lie 拆穿谎言
[neɪl] verb
nailing jelly to the wall
■trying to give exact details for something that it is not possible to know about exactly 试图提供无从知晓的细节;白费力气
Writing the history of this period is like nailing jelly to the wall.试图写下这时期的历史纯属白费力气。
[neɪl] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   nail sb down informal
■to make someone give you exact details or a firm decision about something 使(某人)准确说出细节;迫使(某人)作出决定
They nailed him down to a specific time and place.他们迫使他确定了时间和地点。
[neɪl] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] nail sth down
DECISION informal
■If you nail down an arrangement or decision, you fix and agree to the details of it 达成(协议);最终确定(或决定)
After a five-hour meeting, we finally nailed down a deal.开会五小时后,我们最终达成了一项协议。
UNDERSTAND US informal
■to understand something completely, or to describe something correctly 完全理解;正确描述
We haven't been able to nail down the cause of the fire yet.我们仍未弄清火灾的起因。
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