finger
英 ['fɪŋgə]
美 ['fɪŋɡɚ]
- n. 手指；指针，指状物
- vt. 伸出；用手指拨弄
- vi. 用指触摸；拨弄
- n. (Finger)人名；(英、德、捷)芬格；(俄)芬格尔
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
finger 手指来自PIE*penkwe, 五，词源同five，fist.用于指手指。
- finger
- finger: [OE] Widespread among the Germanic languages (German, Swedish, and Danish all have finger, and Dutch vinger), finger is not found in any other branch of Indo-European. It is usually referred to a prehistoric Indo-European ancestor *pengkrós ‘number of five’, a derivative (like fist) of *pengke ‘five’.
=> fist, five - finger (n.)
- "terminal or digital member of the hand" (in a restricted sense not including the thumb), Old English finger, fingor "finger," from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (cognates: Old Saxon fingar, Old Frisian finger, Old Norse fingr, Dutch vinger, German Finger, Gothic figgrs "finger"), with no cognates outside Germanic; perhaps connected with PIE *penkwe-, the root meaning "five."
As a unit of measure for liquor and gunshot (late Old English) it represents the breadth of a finger, about three-quarters of an inch. They generally are numbered from the thumb outward, and named index finger, fool's finger, leech- or physic-finger, and ear-finger. - finger (v.)
- early 15c., "to touch or point to with the finger" (but see fingering (n.1) from late 14c.), from finger (n.). Sense of "play upon a musical instrument" is from 1510s. Meaning "touch or take thievishly" is from 1520s. The meaning "identify a criminal" is underworld slang first recorded 1930. Related: Fingered; fingering. Compare Dutch vingeren, German fingern, Swedish fingra, all from their respective nouns.
- 1. Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
- 现在到了你该赶紧动起来的时候了吧？
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- 2. He claims to have his finger on the pulse of the industry.
- 他声称该对行业了如指掌。
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- 3. He explored the wound with his finger, trying to establish its extent.
- 他用手指摸了摸伤口，想要确定受伤的程度。
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- 4. His finger nails were square and cut neatly across.
- 他的手指甲是方形的，修剪得很齐。
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- 5. Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo.
- 警方和检察官操纵目击证人指证奥尔多。
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