| 释义 |
Verb: nail neyl- Attach something somewhere by means of nails
"nail the board onto the wall" - Take into custody
- collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, nick [Brit] - Hit hard
- smash, boom, blast - Succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
- nail down, peg - Succeed at easily
"She nailed her astrophysics course"
- breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors [US], sweep through, sail through, pass with flying colours [Brit, Cdn] - Locate exactly
"The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
- pinpoint - Complete a pass
- complete
Noun: nail neyl- Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Derived forms: nailed, nailing, nails See also: nail down, nailer, ungual Type of: attach, bring home the bacon, clutch, come through, deliver the goods, fastener, fastening, fixing, hit, holdfast, horny structure, linear measure, linear unit, locate, make it, make the grade [N. Amer], pass, play, prehend [archaic], seize, succeed, turn up, unguis, win Part of: dactyl, digit, integumentary system Encyclopedia: Nail |