finger

• finger
• fingers

• fingers
• fingering
• fingered
• fingered

短语

• burn one's fingers
  • ① (多管闲事而)吃亏;由于投机或不幸而蒙受损失
  • Some people can't be told; they have to burn their fingers to learn.有些人就是不听人劝,非要吃了亏才会学乖。
• by a finger's breadth
  • ① 差点儿,险些儿
• crook one's fingers
  • ① 【口】弯起手指(有事叫某人过来时所作的动作)
• cross one's fingers
  • ① 将中指弯叠在食指上(以示避邪);求神保佑一切顺利
  • I hope you'll win the race on Saturday. I'm crossing my fingers for you.我希望你周六赛跑获胜,我为你求神护佑。
  • I kept [had] my fingers crossed until the result of the test was announced.一直到测验结果宣布为止我都在祈求平安度过。
• have ... at one's fingers' ends
  • ① 手头有…可利用;熟知;精通
• have ... at one's fingers' tips
  • ① 手头有…可利用;熟知;精通
• have one's fingers in the till
  • ① 【口】在自己工作的店里偷钱
• lay [put] a finger on ...
  • ① (心怀敌意地)向(某人)下手
  • I won't let you lay a finger on him.我不会让你去碰他。
• live by one's fingers' ends
  • ① 靠指尖吃饭,靠做手工为生
• look through one's fingers at ...
  • ① 偷觑;假装不看
• not lift [raise, stir] a finger
  • ① 不做任何努力;不采取任何行动
• One's fingers are all thumbs.
  • ① 某人极笨拙。
• pull one's finger out
  • ① 【俚】开始努力工作
  • Come on! Pull your finger out.动手吧!开始努力工作吧。
• put [lay] one's finger on ...
  • ① 明确地指出(原因等),指明;找到
  • He immediately put his finger on what was wrong.他立刻指明错误所在。
• shake one's finger at ...
  • ① 向…摇动食指(表示警告、责备或威胁)
  • The teacher shook his finger at the naughty boy.老师向那个顽皮的男孩摇动食指。
• slip through a person's fingers
  • ① 从某人的指缝间滑落
  • ② (机会、金钱等)从某人那里溜走或消失
  • Don't let the chance slip through your fingers.别让那个机会溜走了。
• snap one's fingers
  • ① 弹指作响(以引起别人或侍者的注意)
  • ② 轻视,不理睬<at>
• twist [turn, wind] a person round [around] one's little finger
  • ① 主宰某人;支使某人;玩弄某人于股掌之上
  • George is a henpecked husband; Mary can twist him around her little finger.乔治是个怕老婆的汉子,玛丽能将他玩弄于股掌之上。
• work one's fingers to the bone
  • ① 【口】非常努力地工作,拚命工作
  • I'm working my fingers to the bone while you're out enjoying yourself.我在拚命地干,你却在外面玩乐。

同义词

• touchv.摸索

• feel
• handle
• identify
• palpate
• pinpoint
• place
• recognize

• digit
• finger's breadth
• fingerbreadth
• thumb