n.[C]
- 手指;大拇指以外的手指
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He burnt his
finger when he lit a cigar.
他点雪茄烟时烫了手指头。
- (手套的)套手指部分
- 指状物;指针
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The
finger of the clock points to twelve.
钟的指针指向十二点。
- 一指之宽;一中指之长
vt.
- 用手指触摸;拨弄
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She
fingered the fine silk.
她用手抚摸这美丽的丝绸。
- 用指弹奏(乐器、曲调)
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How do you
finger this piece?
这段曲子怎么弹?
- 指出
- 【美】【口】告密;告发[(+to)]
- 偷窃
- 受(贿)
vi.
- 用指弹奏
- 用指触摸;拨弄
短语
be all fingers and thumbs
- 笨手笨脚
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I
'm all fingers and thumbs this morning.
今天上午我笨手笨脚老是出差错。
burn one's fingers
- 因愚蠢行为而吃苦头
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Mind your own business, or you'll
burn your fingers.
少管闲事,要不然你会吃苦头的。
have a finger in every pie
- 多管闲事
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She likes to
have a finger in every pie.
她爱多管闲事。
have green fingers
- 擅长园艺
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I never
have green fingers.
我向来不擅长种花莳草。
keep/have one's fingers crossed
- 祈求好运
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I'll
keep my fingers crossed for you.
我将为你祝福。
lay/put a finger on
- 触碰
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The father wouldn't
lay a finger on the children.
那父亲不动孩子们一根毫毛。
lay/put one's finger on
- 确切地指出
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I can't quite
lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.
我不能确切地说出引擎的毛病。
lift/raise a finger
- 尽举手之劳
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He was the only one who
lifted a finger to save the children.
他是唯一出力帮助孩子们的人。
pull one's finger out
- 开始认真工作
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They didn't
pull their finger out until the day before the exam.
直到考试前一天他们才开始用功。
slip through one's fingers
- 错过
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She let the chance
slip through her fingers.
她坐失良机。
snap one's fingers
- 捻手指(表示轻蔑或不在乎)
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The drunk
snapped his fingers for a waiter.
那醉汉捻手指招呼侍者。
twist sb. (a)round one's (little) finger
- 任意摆布某人
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She
twists the young man around her little finger.
她任意摆布那个小伙子。
work one's fingers to the bone
- 不停地做
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They
worked their fingers to the bone trying to get the house painted before dark.
他们不停地做,想在天黑之前把房子漆完。
辨析
n.
each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included).
▸a measure of spirits in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger.
v.
- touch or feel with the fingers.
-
(usu. finger someone for)
informal, chiefly N. Amer. inform on to the police.
▸identify or select.
- Music play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
▸mark (music) with signs indicating the fingering.
Phrase
- be all fingers and thumbs
Brit. informal be clumsy. - pull one's finger out
Brit. informal cease prevaricating and start to act. - get one's fingers burned
(or burnt)
(or burn one's fingers)
suffer unpleasant consequences as a result of one's actions. - give someone the finger
N. Amer. informal make a gesture with the middle finger raised as an obscene sign of contempt. - have a finger in the pie
be involved in a matter. - have
(or keep)
one's finger on the pulse
be aware of the latest trends. - lay a finger on
touch (someone), especially with the intention of harming them. - put the finger on
informal inform on. - put one's finger on
identify (something) exactly. - snap
(or click)
one's fingers
make a sharp clicking sound by bending the last joint of the middle finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.
Derivative
- -fingered adj.
- fingerless adj.
Etymology
OE, of Gmc origin.