喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈfɪŋɡərneɪl/ · /ˈfɪŋɡəneɪl/手指甲

    The hard, flat part that covers the top end of your finger. It keeps growing, so people cut it or clean it to keep it short and tidy.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo cuts his fingernails every Sunday so they stay short and clean.

    逐字里歐每個星期天剪他的指甲，所以它們保持短短的又乾淨。

    fingernail 是 finger（手指）加上 nail（指甲）合起來的字，指手指最前端那一片硬硬、平平的東西。英文把手和腳分得很清楚：手指上的叫 fingernail，腳趾上的叫 toenail；中文兩個都可以說「指甲」，靠前面加「手」或「腳」來分。單獨說 nail 也可以指指甲，但 nail 還有「釘子」的意思，所以要一聽就知道是手上的那一片，用 fingernail 最清楚。

    常見搭配

    • cut / trim your fingernails

      剪指甲

      to make your fingernails shorter

      Grandma trims her fingernails every week with a small pair of scissors.

    • bite your fingernails

      咬指甲

      to chew the ends of your fingernails, often when you feel nervous

      Sam bites his fingernails whenever he has to speak in front of the class.

    • clean under your fingernails

      洗指甲縫

      to wash out the dirt that gets below your fingernails

      The nurse showed the children how to clean under their fingernails.

    • long fingernails

      留長的指甲

      fingernails that someone lets grow instead of cutting

      The guitar teacher keeps long fingernails on one hand to pluck the strings.

    • paint your fingernails

      塗指甲（油）

      to put colour on your fingernails

      Hana painted her fingernails light blue for the school show.

    • break a fingernail

      指甲斷掉

      to have a piece of your fingernail crack or come off

      Ren broke a fingernail while he was moving the box.

    意思相近

    nail

core核心畫面

The hard little shield sitting on the end of a finger — thin, flat, slightly curved, growing out all the time so it has to be cut back.

手指末端上那一小片硬硬的盾牌——薄、平、微微彎，蓋住指尖最軟的地方。它一直在長，所以要定期剪、定期清。這個字本身就是 finger（手指）加 nail（指甲）拼起來的，畫面直接寫在字面上，不需要繞路理解。

複數 fingernails

意思相近

nail

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

fingernailnoun/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/

  • 1

    The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。