nail
nail
英[neɪl]美[neɪl]
n.钉子，指甲，趾甲，钉状物，纳尔；
vt.钉住，抓住，使固定，揭露；
复数：nails;
第三人称单数：nails;
过去式：nailed;
过去分词：nailed;
现在分词：nailing;
例句
Can you knock this nail into the wood?你能把这钉子钉进木头里吗?
We shall have to nail him down to his promise.我们将不得不迫使他履行自己的诺言。
I never nail her down to anything.我从不想让她明白地说出她打算做的任何事。
See if you can nail the chairman down to an exact date.看你能不能迫使**把准确日期定下来。
He knocked the nail out.他把钉子敲了出来。
He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时, 他感到剧烈的疼痛。
He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
He struck the nail home.他把钉子完全钉进去了。
In order to hang the picture, he had to hammer a nail.为了挂那幅画, 他必须钉枚钉子。
I missed the deadline again last week; I suppose that is another nail in my coffin.上星期我又误了*后期限,我想那是另一个促使我完蛋的错误。
英语六级真题
fighting back the tears, he spoke proudly of the fact that he had built their home from the ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process.
2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
钉子
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.
例句
A mirror hung on a nail above the washstand...脸盆架上方用钉子挂着一面镜子。He hammered the nail into the branch.他把钉子钉到了树枝上。VERB
(用钉子)钉住，钉牢
If you nail something somewhere, you fix it there using one or more nails.
例句
Frank put the first plank down and nailed it in place...弗兰克放下第一块厚木板，把它钉在合适的位置上。They nail shut the front door...他们把前门钉死了。N-COUNT
指甲;趾甲
Your nails are the thin hard parts that grow at the ends of your fingers and toes.
例句
Keep your nails short and your hands clean.常剪指甲，保持双手清洁。VERB
抓住;逮住;证明…有罪
To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law.
例句
The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists.检控方仍设法使其入室抢劫实业家们的罪名成立。PHRASE
冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;强硬好斗的
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.
例句
He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails...他是一个既精明又铁石心肠的生意人。He simply looked mean and hard as nails.他看起来既卑鄙又冷酷无情。PHRASE
正中要害;说得中肯
If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.
例句
'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'“我认为，如果人们有良好的环境，就会更有教养一点。”——“我想你说到点子上了。”英汉词典释义
n.
钉子, 钉状物
He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。Magnets attract nails.磁铁吸引铁钉。指甲, 趾甲
I have tried to discourage him from biting nails.我曾劝阻他不要咬指甲。My nails are too long, I must file them down.我的指甲太长了, 必须把它们锉平。vt.
钉住, 钉牢
He nailed boards together to make a box.他把几块木板钉在一起做了一个箱子。抓住, 逮住
Has the police nailed the man?**抓住那个人了吗?证明…不属实；揭露；揭发
英英词典释义
Noun
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
Verb
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails;
"nail the board onto the wall"2. take into custody;
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"3. hit hard;
"He smashed a 3-run homer"4. succeed in obtaining a position;
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"5. succeed at easily;
"She sailed through her exams""You will pass with flying colors""She nailed her astrophysics course"6. locate exactly;
"can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?""The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"7. complete a pass
行业词典
人体组织学： 甲；
体育： 杀出*；盯人；
动物学： 指甲；趾甲；嘴甲；
医学： 甲，爪：指、趾末端背侧上的角质片状物，见 unguis；钉：用于固定骨折断端或断片的金属、骨或其他材料的小柱状物；指甲；
建筑： 圆钉；
