英语词汇“to the nail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†f. to the (also a) nail [after classical Latin ad unguem, e.g. Horace Satires 1. 5. 32; compare Hellenistic Greek εἰς ὄνυχα, ἐπ' ὄνυχος and also Middle French, French à l'ongle (c1314 in Old French as a l'ungle)] : to a nicety, to perfection; to the utmost. Obsolete.‘An expression borrowed from sculptors who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the nail; or joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail’ (C. T. Lewis and C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)).

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adverb]

fullfremedlyOE

to envyc1369

to a wish1390

perfectlyc1395

consummately1529

sincerely1583

to the (also a) nail?1611

like a tansy1619

magisterially1625

(up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719

puffickly1858

quintessentially1866

to the (also a) queen's taste1880

A-OK1961

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > completely or perfectly

to (or unto) perfectiona1425

to the letter?1495

to point1590

to the (also a) nail?1611

to a shaving1804

jam up1835

to the moment1845

to a (fine) point1861

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 321 A tall huge man; that to the naile, knew that rude sport of hand.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes Horace, Epist. ii. xv Maenius is capital. The swell-feast buffoon to a nail.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. iv. 25 As long as a seat was in question the battle should of course be fought to the nail.

1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 43 My peroration was never extempore, but always prepared beforehand, and polished to the nail.

单词	to the nail
释义	> as lemmas to the (also a) nail †f. to the (also a) nail [after classical Latin ad unguem, e.g. Horace Satires 1. 5. 32; compare Hellenistic Greek εἰς ὄνυχα, ἐπ' ὄνυχος and also Middle French, French à l'ongle (c1314 in Old French as a l'ungle)] : to a nicety, to perfection; to the utmost. Obsolete.‘An expression borrowed from sculptors who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the nail; or joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail’ (C. T. Lewis and C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adverb] fullfremedlyOE to envyc1369 to a wish1390 perfectlyc1395 consummately1529 sincerely1583 to the (also a) nail?1611 like a tansy1619 magisterially1625 (up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719 puffickly1858 quintessentially1866 to the (also a) queen's taste1880 A-OK1961 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > completely or perfectly to (or unto) perfectiona1425 to the letter?1495 to point1590 to the (also a) nail?1611 to a shaving1804 jam up1835 to the moment1845 to a (fine) point1861 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 321 A tall huge man; that to the naile, knew that rude sport of hand. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes Horace, Epist. ii. xv Maenius is capital. The swell-feast buffoon to a nail. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. iv. 25 As long as a seat was in question the battle should of course be fought to the nail. 1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 43 My peroration was never extempore, but always prepared beforehand, and polished to the nail. extracted from nailn. < as lemmas
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