n.[C]
- 手指;大拇指以外的手指
He burnt his
finger when he lit a cigar.
他點雪茄菸時燙了手指頭。
- (手套的)套手指部分
- 指狀物;指針
The
finger of the clock points to twelve.
鐘的指針指向十二點。
- 一指之寬;一中指之長
vt.
- 用手指觸摸,撥弄
She
fingered the fine silk.
她用手撫摸這美麗的絲綢。
- 用指彈奏(樂器,曲調)
How do you
finger this piece?
這段曲子怎麼彈?
- 指出
- 【美】【口】告密;告發[(+to)]
- 偷竊
- 受(賄)
vi.
- 用指彈奏
- 用指觸摸,撥弄
片語
be all fingers and thumbs
- 笨手笨腳
I
'm all fingers and thumbs this morning.
今天上午我笨手笨腳老是出差錯。
burn one's fingers
- 因愚蠢行為而吃苦頭
Mind your own business, or you'll
burn your fingers.
少管閒事,要不你會吃苦頭的。
have a finger in every pie
- 多管閒事
She likes to
have a finger in every pie.
她愛多管閒事。
have green fingers
- 擅長園藝
I never
have green fingers.
我向來不擅長種花蒔草。
keep/have one's fingers crossed
- 祈求好運
I'll
keep my fingers crossed for you.
我將為你祝福。
lay/put a finger on
- 觸碰
The father wouldn't
lay a finger on the children.
那父親不動孩子們一根毫毛。
lay/put one's finger on
- 確切地指出
I can't quite
lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.
我不能確切地說出引擎的毛病。
lift/raise a finger
- 盡舉手之勞
He was the only one who
lifted a finger to save the children.
他是唯一出力幫助孩子們的人。
pull one's finger out
- 開始認真工作
They didn't
pull their finger out until the day before the exam.
直到考試前一天他們才開始用功。
slip through one's fingers
- 錯過
She let the chance
slip through her fingers.
她坐失良機。
snap one's fingers
- 捻手指(表示輕蔑或不在乎)
The drunk
snapped his fingers for a waiter.
那醉漢捻手指招呼侍者。
twist sb. (a)round one's (little) finger
- 任意擺佈某人
She
twists the young man around her little finger.
她任意擺佈那個小伙子。
work one's fingers to the bone
- 不住手地做
They
worked their fingers to the bone trying to get the house painted before dark.
他們不停地做,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.