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单词 nail
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nailnoun [ C ]

uk/neɪl/us/neɪl/

nail noun [ C ] (METAL)

B2 a small, thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end that you hit into something with a hammer, especially in order to fasten or join it to something else:

a three-inch nail
I stepped on a nail sticking out of the floorboards.
Hammer a nail into the wall and we'll hang the mirror from it.

More examples

  • I got a flat tyre after driving over a nail.
  • Can you hold this nail in position while I hammer it into the door?
  • I ripped my shirt on a nail.
  • I've got a run in my tights from the nail on my chair.
  • She scrounged around in the tool box for a tack or nail to hang the notice up with.

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Nuts, bolts & screws

  • bolt
  • nut
  • rivet
  • screw
  • thread
  • wing nut

nail noun [ C ] (BODY PART)

B2 a thin, hard area that covers the upper side of the end of each finger and each toe:

Stop biting your nails!
nail clippers
a nail file
See also
fingernail
toenail

More examples

  • You're not to bite your nails like that.
  • She painted her nails a bright red.
  • She filed her nails as she watched TV.
  • She sat in the dentist's waiting room, nervously chewing at her nails.
  • I wish my nail polish wouldn't keep chipping.

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The hand

  • -fingered
  • ball
  • carpal
  • carpometacarpal
  • carpus
  • digitorum
  • fingerprint
  • flat
  • knuckle
  • middle finger
  • palm
  • paw
  • pollicis
  • right-handed
  • ring finger
  • thenar
  • triquetrum
  • two-handed
  • volar
  • volaris

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The foot

Idiom(s)

another/the final nail in the coffin
hard/tough as nails

nailverb

uk/neɪl/us/neɪl/

nail verb (FASTEN)

[ T + adv/prep ] to fasten something with nails:

She had nailed a small shelf to the door.
A notice had been nailed up on the wall.
The lid of the box had been nailed down.

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Fastening and tying

  • anchor
  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • tie
  • twist tie
  • tying
  • yoke

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nail verb (CATCH)

[ T ] slang to catch someone, especially when they are doing something wrong, or to make it clear that they are guilty:

The police had been trying to nail those guys for months.

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Arresting & charging

  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • assist
  • attachment
  • charge
  • charge sheet
  • handcuffs
  • hold
  • house arrest
  • knock
  • lag
  • Miranda
  • pull
  • pull sb in
  • run
  • run sb in
  • take sb in
  • the knock at/on the door idiom
  • tighten

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Blaming & accusing

nail verb (SUCCEED)

[ T ] informal to do something succcessfully:

She nailed her audition and got the lead part in the musical.
You totally nailed it!

Idiom(s)

nail your colours to the mast
nail a lie
nailing jelly to the wall

Phrasal verb(s)

nail sb down
nail sth down
nail sth on
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