nail n. 1.指甲,爪;喙甲。 2.釘。 3.納爾〔舊量布尺度名,約合5.715cm〕。 a nail in [to] one's coffin 促人早死的事物(drive [put] a nail in [add a nail to] sb.'s coffin 促人早死,催命。 It was a final nail in the Government's coffin. 那是對政府的一個致命打擊)。 (as) hard as nails 身體強壯;冷酷無情。 be [go] off at he nail 無法控制自己,忘形,神經失常;有點醉。 drive the nail [up] to the head [drive the nail home] 作出定論。 He must have iron nails that [who] scratches a bear. 搔熊者必具鐵爪;要干危險的事,就得有充分的準備。 hit the (right) nail on the head 說得對,中肯,一針見血,正中要害。 nails in mourning 有污垢的指甲。 on the nail 〔口語〕 1. 立即;被捕。 2. 在討論中的(pay on the nail 立即付與。 the subject on the nail 當前的問題)。 right as nails (釘子般)直的;沒錯的。 to the [a] nail 完全,徹底;極其。 vt. 1.敲釘,釘住 (on to)。 2.〔口語〕捉住,抓住;〔美俚〕逮捕;〔俚語〕打。 3.〔學生俚〕揭發,看穿,發覺。 4.吸引住(注意等),不放松(人家的聲明等),使不能逃避。 5.〔美俚〕偷。 6.【棒球】使(跑壘者)被開出局。 have one's boots nailed (請人)在靴底上釘釘子。 nail a notice on the door 在門上釘一塊告白。 be nailed going off without leave 被發覺擅自外出。 nail a blow 〔美拳擊〕打。 nail a lie to the counter [barn-door] 揭發弊端,拆穿西洋鏡〔從前商人把偽幣釘在賬柜上示眾的習慣,故有此說〕。 nail (sb.) down to (用諾言、聲明等)約束某人,要求某人履行諾言 (He was confused when we nailed him down to his promise. 當我們堅持要它守諾言時,他狼狽了)。 nail it 〔美俚〕(考試)及格;成功。 nail one's colours to the mast 堅持到底,極有決心;決不屈服〔原義:把艦旗釘死在桅桿上,使不能扯下來投降〕。 nail up 1. 把…釘在較高處。 2. 釘牢[關系](門、窗)。 adj. -less 無指甲的;無釘的。
You should nail down the agreement in october . 你應在十月份就把協定確定下來。
Thus, the planning process nailed down a manager's commitment . 這樣,計劃程序明確了一個經理所承擔的義務。
All we wanted to do was to nail down these thirty hostile divisions . 我們總的目標只是要嚴密困住敵人的這三十個師。
He stayed another week, trying to nail down train tickets beyond kuibyshev . 他又呆了一個星期,設法弄到比古比雪夫更遠的火車票。
Ensign was a retriever, and retrieved everything that wasn't nailed down . “恩塞恩”是一種能尋回獵物的獵犬,無論什么東西,只要不是用釘子釘牢,它都能找回來。
Fee was forced to roll up persian carpets and have stuart nail down linoleum she bought sight unseen from the store in gilly . 菲被迫卷起了她的波斯地毯并叫斯圖阿特釘上亞麻油地毯,這是她到吉利商店時即興買下來的。
Will you nail down that loose board in the floor 請你把那塊松動的地板釘牢好嗎?
The loose board in the floor should be nailed down 地板中松了的板子應該用釘子釘牢。
Signing the contract will nail down their agreement 簽署合同將使他們的協議肯定下來。
She nailed down the corners of the carpet 他用釘子把地毯的四角固定住。