释义
[ fing -ger-ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɪŋ gər ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the act of a person who fingers.
Music . the action or method of using the fingers in playing on an instrument. the indication of the way the fingers are to be used in performing a piece of music. Origin of fingering Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at finger, -ing1
Words nearby fingering finger food, finger-fuck, finger gate, finger grass, finger hole, fingering , finger in the pie, have a, Finger Lakes, fingerling, finger man, finger mark
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Example sentences from the Web for fingering He also lashed out at Curtis and his attorneys for fingering him.
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In politics, the flip-flopper label is deemed deadly, the fingering of a candidate with no fixed principles.
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That, she says, is why she lied about being at the crime scene and fingering Lumumba.
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Reached by phone, Moynihan was coy about fingering specific people as models for his characters.
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Fingering the mesh netting that allows a woman wearing a burka to see, she looked grim.
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Im sure Id rather march, and, if it came to that, die in fingering than in wheeling.
Adrienne Toner | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
She is fingering it in an uncertain, frightened way when the servant returns.
Dramatic Technique | George Pierce Baker
And as this little lady stood, fingering her wand and looking lovingly and laughingly at Cinderella, the girl knew not what to do.
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He arrived by taxi, red-faced, fingering the butt of his holstered service automatic.
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"He is de nicest," said Katrina, lingering before his statue, and reaching up and fingering the bronze curiously.
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British Dictionary definitions for fingering (1 of 2) noun the technique or art of using one's fingers in playing a musical instrument, esp the piano
the numerals in a musical part indicating this
British Dictionary definitions for fingering (2 of 2) Word Origin for fingering C17: from earlier fingram , perhaps from Old French fin grain fine grain
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