1 N-COUNT (除拇指以外的)手指 Your fingers are the four long thin parts at the end of each hand. (除拇指以外的)手指
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She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.
她突然伸出一根瘦小的手指，指向屋子的另一头。
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She ran her fingers through her hair.
她用手指捋了捋头发。
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There was a ring on each of his fingers.
他每个手指上都戴着枚戒指。
SYN digit, thumb, forefinger, little finger
3 N-COUNT [usually plural] (手套的)手指部分 The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into. (手套的)手指部分
4 N-COUNT [n NOUN] 指状物;狭长物 A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger. 指状物;狭长物
6 VERB 用手指触碰;拨弄;抚摸 If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers. 用手指触碰;拨弄;抚摸
SYN touch, feel, handle, play with
7 VERB (通常指向警方)告发，揭发 If you finger a person or organization, you tell someone, usually the police, that the person or organization has done something illegal or wrong. (通常指向警方)告发，揭发 [informal]
8 N-COUNT [usually NOUN of n] 一指之宽(指表示容量的杯中酒的深度) A finger of a strong alcoholic drink is an amount of it which, when it is in a glass, is the same size as the width of a person's finger. 一指之宽(指表示容量的杯中酒的深度)
9 PHRASE (因自己的失败或错误而)吃苦头 If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake. (因自己的失败或错误而)吃苦头
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He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly.
几笔糟糕的生意让他吃了苦头。
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Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business.
瓦文萨先生因为承诺给每个波兰人1亿兹罗提创办企业而尝到了苦果。
10 PHRASE (把食指与中指交叉以)祈求好运 If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck. (把食指与中指交叉以)祈求好运
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He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life.
他交叉手指，生平第一次祈求好运。
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.
我在心里祈求他们赶快露面。
11 PHRASE 动…一根毫毛;碰…一下 If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all. 动…一根毫毛;碰…一下 [emphasis]
12 PHRASE 尽举手之劳;帮一点忙 If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing. 尽举手之劳;帮一点忙 [disapproval]
13 PHRASE [Ns inflect] 到处插手;四处干预 If you say that someone has a finger in every pie, you mean they are involved in a lot of things. 到处插手;四处干预
14 PHRASE 指责;指控 If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong. 指责;指控
15 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] 将怀疑(或指责)的矛头指(向…) To point the finger of suspicion or blame at someone means to make people suspect them of doing wrong or blame them for doing wrong. 将怀疑(或指责)的矛头指(向…)
16 PHRASE (粗鲁地叫别人)赶紧(或努力)干起来 If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort. (粗鲁地叫别人)赶紧(或努力)干起来 [British, informal, disapproval]
17 PHRASE 弄清，指出，确认(原因、问题等) If you put your finger on something, for example a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is. 弄清，指出，确认(原因、问题等)
18 PHRASE 从…手中溜走;为…所错失 If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them. 从…手中溜走;为…所错失
19 to have green fingers→see: green
20 finger on the pulse→see: pulse
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| VERB. | poke a finger, run a finger 1 point a finger 14 |
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