| 单词 | nail-biting |
| 释义 | nail-biting —nail-biter, n. /nayl"buy'ting/, n. 1. the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, esp. as the result of anxiety or nervousness. 2. Informal. nervousness: The announcement that the trade agreement had been signed ended a week of nail-biting on Wall Street. adj. 3. Informal. causing nervousness: The nail-biting part of the canoe trip was through the stretches of white water. [1890-95] |
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