[ne?l]
n.
釘，釘子，元釘
釘狀物
【解剖學(xué)】指甲；趾甲
【動(dòng)物學(xué)】
爪，足甲
(禽類(lèi)的)喙上硬甲殼
內(nèi)爾(英國(guó)舊制布匹長(zhǎng)度單位，相當(dāng)于2?英寸或1／16磅)
[美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)]香煙
vt.
釘，把…釘上，釘牢，釘住：
He nailed a sign to the wall.
他把招牌釘在了墻上。
to nail the lid on a box
給箱子釘上蓋子
用釘封閉：
They nailed up the doors of their house.
他們把他們的房門(mén)全釘死了。
使固定；使不動(dòng)：
Surprise nailed me to the spot.
驚奇使我呆立在那里。
to nail one's hand against his stomach
用手緊緊按住肚子
[口語(yǔ)]抓住，逮住：
The police nailed him with the goods.
警察把他和贓物一起抓獲。
[口語(yǔ)]說(shuō)破，戳穿：
to nail someone's trick
戳穿了某人的騙局
[俚語(yǔ)]打，擊中：
He nailed him on the chin with the fist.
他一拳擊中了他的下巴。
[口語(yǔ)]攔住，截住：
You should nail his truck before he drives up the mountains.
在他把車(chē)開(kāi)進(jìn)山里之前，你得設(shè)法把他的卡車(chē)攔截住。
[俚語(yǔ)]與…性交
【棒球】把(跑壘員)殺出局
[廢語(yǔ)]在…上裝飾大頭釘
短語(yǔ):
a nail in someone's (或 it's) coffin
敗壞名譽(yù)的舉動(dòng)
加速某人(或某事)滅亡的原因
(as) hard as nails
很硬的
結(jié)實(shí)的；強(qiáng)壯的
嚴(yán)厲的；鐵石心腸的，冷酷無(wú)情的
(as) right as nails
強(qiáng)健；健康；十分準(zhǔn)確
as sure as nails
[口語(yǔ)]肯定無(wú)疑，必然
cash on the nail
即買(mǎi)即付的現(xiàn)金
drive (或 hammer, put) a nail into (或 in) someone's coffin
促使某人早日毀滅，加速某人垮臺(tái)
drive the nail home
進(jìn)行到底
使確信無(wú)疑
drive the nail that will go
在可望成功的事情上下功夫；力氣花在刀刃上
drive the nail (up) to the head
=drive the nail home
hit the (right) nail on the head
說(shuō)得中肯，一針見(jiàn)血；做得恰到好處，擊中要害
nail one's colours to the mast
堅(jiān)持主張；奮斗到底
off the nail
有點(diǎn)醉
One nail drives (knocks) out another.
[諺語(yǔ)]一釘入，一釘出。一物代一物。
on the nail
當(dāng)場(chǎng)
立即
在討論中
put a nail into someone's coffin
=drive a nail into someone's coffin
spit nails
[美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)]口吐刺人之語(yǔ)
tooth and nail
見(jiàn) tooth
to the nail
完全地，徹底地；極其