nail

noun

1. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

2. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

nail的翻译

verb

1. complete a pass

Synonym: complete

2. take into custody

e.g. the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Synonym: collarapprehendarrestpick upnabcop

3. attach something somewhere by means of nails

e.g. nail the board onto the wall

4. hit hard

e.g. He smashed a 3-run homer

Synonym: smashboomblast

5. locate exactly

e.g. can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?
The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome

Synonym: pinpoint

6. succeed at easily

e.g. She sailed through her exams
You will pass with flying colors
She nailed her astrophysics course

Synonym: breeze throughacepass with flying colorssweep throughsail through

7. succeed in obtaining a position

e.g. He nailed down a spot at Harvard

Synonym: nail downpeg

1. 钉子
A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall.

nail

e.g. A mirror hung on a nail above the washstand...
脸盆架上方用钉子挂着一面镜子。
e.g. He hammered the nail into the branch.
他把钉子钉到了树枝上。

2. (用钉子)钉住，钉牢
If you nail something somewhere, you fix it there using one or more nails.

nail

e.g. Frank put the first plank down and nailed it in place...
弗兰克放下第一块厚木板，把它钉在合适的位置上。
e.g. They nail shut the front door...
他们把前门钉死了。

3. 指甲;趾甲
Your nails are the thin hard parts that grow at the ends of your fingers and toes.

e.g. Keep your nails short and your hands clean.
常剪指甲，保持双手清洁。

4. 抓住;逮住;证明…有罪
To nail someone means to catch them and prove that they have been breaking the law.

e.g. The prosecution still managed to nail him for robberies at the homes of leading industrialists.
检控方仍设法使其入室抢劫知名实业家们的罪名成立。

5. 冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;强硬好斗的
If you say that someone is as hard as nails, you mean that they are extremely tough and aggressive, either physically or in their attitude towards other people or other situations.

e.g. He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails...
他是一个既精明又铁石心肠的生意人。
e.g. He simply looked mean and hard as nails.
他看起来既卑鄙又冷酷无情。

6. 正中要害;说得中肯
If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.

e.g. 'I think it would civilize people a bit more if they had decent conditions.' — 'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
“我认为，如果人们有良好的环境，就会更有教养一点。”——“我想你说到点子上了。”

7. a nail in the coffin -> see coffin
to nail your colours to the mast -> see colour
to fight tooth and nail -> see tooth

相关词组：nail downnail up

1. nail什么意思

1. 指甲：随着景德镇精白瓷大量流传到海外,才使得瓷(china)成为中国的代名词[记忆] 形似记忆:铁轨(rail)尾巴(tail)不能拽,指甲(nail)提桶(pail)只会败(fail). 邮寄(mail)邮件(mail)用航海(sail),冰雹(hail)来了要躲开.

2. nail的近义词

2. 钉：上回说到排完deck boards后开始打镙钉(Screw)固定,直到这一步之前,使用的紧固件均为钉(Nail),Joist hanger用的是D10短钉,其余都是长钉. 这些钉子的直径接近4mm,直接钉入木板,很可能会出现裂缝,我用比钉子直

3. 趾甲：指(趾)甲(nail)由甲体以及它周围和下面的几部分组成. 甲体是长在指(趾)末节背面的外露部分,由多层连接牢固的角化细胞构成,细胞内充满角质蛋白丝. 甲体下面的组织称甲床,由非角化的复层扁平上皮和真皮组成. 甲体的近端埋藏于皮肤的深凹内,