Definition of finger in English:

finger

noun ˈfɪŋɡəˈfɪŋɡər

1Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included)
手指
she raked her hair back with her fingers
她用手指把头发梳到脑后。
Example sentencesExamples
- Call if your child has any injury that makes movement of his arms, legs, fingers, or toes difficult.
- As she approached I held up four fingers and raised my eyebrows questioningly.
- I've instantly singed the hair from the upper joints of my fingers through misjudgment of these little details.
- In this test, you bend your thumb across the palm of your hand and bend your fingers down over your thumb.
- Common warts usually occur on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails.
- To illustrate the point, he tapped the left pectoral region of his chest with four fingers.
- He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication.
- It is normal for children to suck their thumbs, their fingers or pacifiers.
- Looking back at Tim, he held out his left hand with four fingers up to indicate how many guards were there.
- The hands may be broad with short fingers; the little finger may only have one joint instead of two and be slightly curved.
- The arthritis can affect any joints in the body, but generally it affects the most distant joints of the fingers and toes.
- The money was used to buy a pulse oximeter, a hand-held piece of equipment which is attached to an ear lobe or finger and checks lung function quickly and easily.
- Proceed with moving your ring finger and then your pinky finger toward your thumb.
- As a young boy I had an accident that resulted in the loss of four fingers on my right hand and three on my left hand.
- This painless device shines a reddish glowing light from a sensor attached to a finger or toe and determines how much oxygen is in the blood.
- Avoid positions that push your other fingers toward your little finger.
- Keep the ball in the inside of your hand, go through and squeeze the ball with your fingers from little finger through to the thumb and back.
- For one to two weeks after that, you'll be able to move the top two joints on your fingers, but your knuckles must remain still.
- There was some movement in the hand especially the fingers, thumb and little finger.
- Typically the joints of the fingers and toes are affected, although the back, knees and hips may be too.
Synonyms
digit
thumb, index finger, forefinger, first finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger
North American pinkie
1. 1.1 A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
  （手套的）手指部分
  Example sentencesExamples
  She was wearing blue calf-length jeans with her stomach exposed and gloves with various coloured fingers.
  Sooner or later, I will have to buy some gloves and cut the fingers off so that I can keep typing.
  In winter we wrap up in scarves and Steptoe-style gloves with the fingers cut out.
  Take the gloves, cut off the fingers and push the glove over your wrist and onto your arm.
  She had black leather gloves on with the fingers cut off and black trousers.
2. 1.2 A measure of spirits in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger.
  （酒在杯中的深度）一指宽
  two fingers of brandy
  Example sentencesExamples
  He leaned forward, carefully removed the ice from a glass set before him and them motioned to the waiter to pour in precisely three fingers of Pastis.
  I dropped ice into the largest glass I could find and poured out about eight fingers of the sweet liquid.
  If you have 2 or more fingers of drink to allocate they can be distributed between more than one player.
  Synonyms
  dram, small measure, drink, nip, slug, drop, draught, swallow, swig
3. 1.3 An object that has roughly the long, narrow shape of a finger.
  指状物
  a shortbread finger
  指状白脱甜酥饼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Colonies of this bryozoan (Sea Chervil) look like wavy brown fingers of sponge.
  Serve with toasted fingers of ciabatta, but remember to bring it to room temperature before serving - fridge-cold pâté will not do.
  Serve with fingers of toasted sour dough Poilâne bread and thin sticks of crisp vegetables.
  Individually moulded fingers of sushi rice seemed too formal, so I spread the rice in a thick layer over the banana leaf, and laid generous slices of tuna over it.
  Large fingers of kelp sway and beckon us out to sea.
  Synonyms
  strip, rectangle, sliver, streak, pencil

verb ˈfɪŋɡəˈfɪŋɡər

[with object]

1Touch or feel with the fingers.
用手指触摸（某物）
the thin man fingered his moustache
那个瘦男人用手指捋了捋他的小胡子。
Example sentencesExamples
- Reaching out tentatively towards me, he fingered the pair of rings I always wore on a chain around my neck.
- The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching.
- With a ‘harumpf’ or two, the judge fingered his walrus type moustache and started to explain.
- I felt a hand touch my hair, fingering it and letting it drop, strand by strand.
- Velmon fingered his mustache and thought a moment.
- Søren followed her back into the main room, fingering the thin hair clip he had secured to the cuff of his shirt sleeve.
- She fingered the thin cloth covering her brother, opening her mouth to speak, and then quickly shutting it as if thinking better of it.
- Coughing a little as her coffee caught in her throat, she lowered the mug and fingered its handle nervously.
- Some of them were fiddling with the ball, while others fingered the handle of the bat, and others just sat with their feet against the gate before them with a tense look on their faces.
- He fingers his thick gold chain as he pauses for a moment.
- ‘Your mom hates me,’ Jimmy said skeptically and fingered the door handle of my car, while remaining tense.
- I stared at the bible she had laid on my lap and I fingered the worn edges, touched that she had given me her first bible.
- He grabbed my hand and fingered the ring he had given me.
- He would finger each bag for a minute, touching and stroking, and then finally moving it into a larger plastic bag.
- Gently, Gabrielle fingered her cheek, but even at the lightest touch it hurt.
- Gently he fingered several curls that touched his shoulder.
Synonyms
touch, feel, handle, manipulate, stroke, rub, caress, fondle, toy with, play (about/around) with, fiddle with, twiddle with, maul, meddle with, manhandle, pull, grab
put one's hands on, lay a finger on
informal paw, mess
1. 1.1 Play (a musical instrument) with the fingers, especially in a tentative or casual manner.
  （尤指尝试着或随意地）用手指弹奏；拨弄（乐器）
  a woman fingered a lute
  一个女子用手指拨弄着诗琴。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's easy to imagine this sort of music being played by a brace of competent but anonymous session musicians with beards and ponytails stroking saxophones and fingering fretless bass guitars.
  ‘I must say, though,’ she said thoughtfully, fingering her violin.
  A few days after that fateful jam session, Rocky was sitting at home, fingering his guitar to a tune only he knew.
  Rowan could just picture her, her hands fingering the beautiful flute as her eyes scanned the sea.
  All this from a man who can finger a fretboard like nobody's business.
2North American informal Inform on (someone) to the police.
〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人）
he was fingered by a supergrass and charged with murder
Example sentencesExamples
- But that doesn't mean defense attorneys and reformers should resign themselves to a conviction every time a client is fingered by a victim's last words.
- They say reporting suspected illegals over the Web will result in people being mistakenly fingered, or let people with a grudge turn in innocent victims.
- You risk fingering some guy who's your neighbor and a potential advertiser and subscriber.
- These rapidly became forays into entrapment of innocent people fingered by prison snitches trying to get their sentences reduced.
- He was uncovered after his employers fingered him to police over the affair.
- Well, at the end, those people, the prisoners will be able to finger the people who tortured them or badly treated them.
- But again, if the best that the state can do in this case is cite statistics as their basis for fingering him with this crime, it will be a good day for the defense.
- Over the next month, he tried to find out who had fingered him and what he could do to get his own back.
- They have created their own surreal world where criminals are fingered before they commit crimes.
- Yen knew without a doubt that even if the squeaky clean Don had something to do with it, they'd never be able to finger him.
- The rationale for such state rules is that an accomplice has little incentive to testify truthfully, especially if he can cut a deal by fingering someone else.
- In his statement, is he essentially accusing the doctor of fingering him?
- He was identified by name in a New York Times story on Monday, presumably because he was fingered by officials on Sunday.
- But going online and fingering him accomplishes nothing.
- He escapes repeatedly, only to be gunned down after he's fingered by a woman friend.
Synonyms
inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back
1. 2.1 Identify or select.
  the additive had been fingered as a possible human health risk
  Example sentencesExamples
  No one wants to be fingered as the person that does it.
  Synonyms
  identify, recognize, single out, pick out, spot, choose, select, point out
  inform on, denounce
  informal point the finger at, grass on, rat on, squeal on, tell tales about, tell on, blow the whistle on, spill the beans about, sell down the river, snitch on, peach
3Music
Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
〔乐〕用某种指法演奏（乐曲）。参见 FINGERING¹
See also fingering
Example sentencesExamples
- By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle.
- Timidly plucking a string, I fingered the lead guitar of ‘Smoke on the Water’.
- The lead guitarist begins to finger an intricate melody, then turns around to face the audience, a spotlight on him.
- Pianist Eddie Heywood deftly fingers the bridge on the last chorus.
- Dick used the drum sticks to bang out the notes on the bass, with Tommy fingering the chords on the fret.
- The lower oboes are treated as transposing instruments, their parts written to be fingered like treble oboe parts.
1. 3.1 Mark (music) with signs showing which fingers are to be used.
  给（乐谱）标明指法符号
  Example sentencesExamples
  The majority of these pieces, the Twelve Impressions, were fingered and edited by Kreisler, to whom the pieces were dedicated.
  Other pianists cringed when I shared Nagy's fingering suggestions for splitting a difficult passage between two hands.

Phrases

be all fingers and thumbs

informal Be clumsy or awkward in one's actions.
〈英，非正式〉笨手笨脚
Example sentencesExamples
- We've didn't want another flip phone because when it rings we're all fingers and thumbs and can't get it open quick enough after spending ages trying to get it out of the handbag.
- Wigan were surprisingly all fingers and thumbs at times in their first home game of the new campaign.
- Hands that saved penalties with ease were all fingers and thumbs at writing.
- I seemed to be all fingers and thumbs and dropped things right, left and centre.
- Scooping up the warm rice and hot pickle by hand feels natural enough till it gets to my mouth; then I am all fingers and thumbs, bits of curry-stained rice dropping into my lap, and still so obviously, embarrassingly, a tourist.
Synonyms
clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, all thumbs, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping
clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping

get (or pull) one's finger out

informal Stop hesitating or wasting time and start to act.
Example sentencesExamples
- Having said that, my desk is piling up with work and the mailbox is getting full… suppose I will have to pull my finger out.
- It was nice food but it was such a long wait, and we think it was only because my mother started fingering her car keys that they pulled their finger out and got us our meal.
- The council need to pull their finger out and spend money on cameras now.
- But if you don't pull your finger out, expulsion is on the cards.
- We had to call them five times before they finally pulled their finger out and couriered the stuff over here.
- The Government should pull their finger out and make a decision about this issue.
- Moving so near The Valley made me pull my finger out and start going to the football too.
- If I'd got my finger out and done my return earlier, I could have had it taken from my tax code and paid in small amounts through the year.
- But let's remember the important part of the equation, which this is really about our children pulling their finger out and doing something special for their fathers.
- I'm annoyed at myself for not getting my finger out in time, although I did actually receive the paperwork on the day before the deadline, as it turns out - so the chances of getting in were pretty low anyway.
Synonyms
make a start, begin, make a beginning, take the first step, lay the first stone, make the first move, get going, go ahead, set things moving, take something forward, buckle down, buckle to, turn to, put one's shoulder to the wheel, put one's hand to the plough, get the ball rolling, set the ball rolling, start the ball rolling

get one's fingers burned/burnt (or burn one's fingers)

(especially in a financial context) suffer unpleasant consequences as a result of one's actions, discouraging one from trying a similar action again.
（尤用于财经）自讨苦吃，自找麻烦
Example sentencesExamples
- He got his fingers burnt in a patisserie venture at the Lakeside shopping centre in Essex.
- Sometimes, when people are very trusting and open, they get their fingers burned.
- Forecasters got their fingers burned last weekend when they predicted a scorcher and all we got was wind, rain and cloud.
- Takeway owners in Preston and South Ribble could get their fingers burnt following an overhaul of the licensing laws.
- It should come as no surprise to them when they get their fingers burnt.
- ‘There are too many uncertainties at this stage and people could end up getting their fingers burned,’ he said.
- Many of those who got their fingers burned remain on the sidelines and most of the established venture capital companies no longer invest in early stage companies, preferring to wait until they have a more stable track record.
- This is no solace to ordinary people who've got their fingers burned in the stock market.
- This means that even if some people do end up getting their fingers burned in this sector, they are unlikely to destabilise the whole market.
- It might create a false market in the company's shares, causing investors to get their fingers burnt.

give someone the finger

informal Make a gesture with the middle finger raised as an obscene sign of contempt.
〈北美，非正式〉向某人伸出中指（表示蔑视的下流示意动作）
Example sentencesExamples
- Yes, I was doing push-ups with one arm, all the while giving them the finger.
- I raised a hand and gave him the finger before walking towards the school building.
- Dreyden shrugged brushed it off, politely giving him the finger.
- I yelled over my shoulder, giving him the finger.
- ‘Process this,’ I retort, giving him the finger.
- He was going to junior high school, and he'd always walk in front of my house and give me the finger.
- I called giving Travis the finger before I closed the door.
- The driver nodded, pointed as if to say, ‘Yes, you,’ then emphatically gave us the finger.
- I glanced over my shoulder to see him still standing there, his face entirely straight, yet at the same time calmly giving me the finger.
- I responded by giving him the finger, before collapsing on my bed once more and drawing the blankets on top of me.

have a finger in every pie

Be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises.
事事参与；样样都管
Example sentencesExamples
- They had a finger in every pie in their former colony and their atomic energy commission controlled the country's mines.
- He has a finger in every pie - dance, karathe, spiral sword, origami, mimicry, silambam, painting and acting.
- I know you have a finger in every pie, my friend.
- This may have been true in the days of the licence-permit raj, when the government had a finger in every pie.
- Indian Americans seem to have a finger in every pie, from Mars to Mass Transit.
- He said: ‘It has been characteristic of the company as long as anyone can remember that it has had to have a finger in every pie.’
- His thumbprint is everywhere; he had a finger in every pie.
- His daughter-in-law explained: ‘Chris was a real live wire and had a finger in every pie.’
- They have a finger in every pie, from Columbian drug lords to Caucasian oilfields to the jungles of the Philippines.
- But Nicholas, despite an almost maniacal attachment to the idea of duty and zeal, was only human; he insisted on having a finger in every pie but had only ten fingers like everybody else.

have a finger in the pie

Be involved in a matter, especially in an annoyingly interfering way.
染指，参与其事；横加干涉
Example sentencesExamples
- No doubt the Ministry of Health has had a finger in the pie.
- After all, why should my boss (and for people working in government agencies the ‘boss’ is often the state) have a finger in the pie?
- ‘I have no doubt that someone in the institution has a finger in the pie,’ he said.

have (or keep) one's finger on the pulse

Be aware of all the latest news or developments.
了解最新动向
he keeps his finger on the pulse of world music
他了解世界音乐的最新动向。
Example sentencesExamples
- And I also think that Jeff Zuker, our executive producer, is really brilliant and quite good at sort of predicting or keeping his finger on the pulse and figuring out what is going to be interesting - what's going to be hot.
- Where are the exciting developments, and who has their finger on the pulse?
- Over 265 million is traded daily on the Irish Stock Exchange's equities market and there are many investors out there who want to keep their finger on the pulse regarding share performance and potential deals.
- It is his way of keeping his finger on the pulse, and directors are encouraged to speak freely.
- Between them they have their finger on the pulse of contemporary customers.
- At one time, I had this reputation for having my finger on the pulse, of knowing what people wanted.
- I much prefer to have my finger on the pulse and know what's going on.
- Now that I've been out of Britain for nearly 4 years, my view of the politics there has become somewhat two-dimensional and I no longer feel I have my finger on the pulse of daily life.
- We continue to keep our finger on the pulse regarding a quality and diverse range of programming which meets the needs of the vast majority of listeners and this has been proven by our ever increasing listenership results.
- We are going to talk about it with two sports hosts who have their finger on the pulse of the fans.

lay a finger on someone

Touch someone, especially with the intention of harming them.
（为伤害他人而）触碰；动…的一根指头
Example sentencesExamples
- Smiling shyly, I said, ‘Even if you were to attack, Chesare would have you by the throat before you could lay a finger on me.’
- Even though I physically bundled people out the door on a number of occasions, nobody ever laid a finger on me.
- The mere thought of that psychopath laying a finger on her at all made him cringe and shiver all over.
- Rich continued, ‘And thirdly, you're a pretty girl, if one of these boys so much lays a finger on you without your consent they will have hell to pay.’
- You tell Danny that if he so much as lays a finger on you, I'll snap him in half like a twig.
- ‘They wouldn't dare lay a finger on you in Higgins's yard,’ Conall assured her, practically reading her mind, ‘I, on the other hand would be in serious trouble.’
- She had better not lay a finger on him or she'll have to deal with me!
- They'll say, lay a finger on me and you're straight in court.
- ‘They haven't laid a finger on me, yet,’ he smirked.
- I love you; call me if she ever lays a finger on you.

put the finger on

informal Inform against (someone) to the authorities.
〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人）
Example sentencesExamples
- What is going on is that it now appears, at least appears, that one assistant is putting the finger on another?
- Let's help the organisation to put the finger on these lunatics before they kill somebody.
- This is someone allegedly within the party who put the finger on a political opponent to make political points.
- Maybe Grey simply blamed Toni to get herself out of trouble after Marshal and Everett turned it disagreed with her over my evaluation and put the finger on Toni.
- I'm not trying to put the finger on the company, by the way; I know there are other similar programs.
- Why does he feel the need to put the finger on us?
Synonyms
denounce, give away, betray, incriminate, inculpate, report, tell the authorities about, tell the police about

put something on the long finger

Postpone consideration of something; put something off.
〈爱尔兰〉推迟考虑某事；推迟某事
don't put retirement planning on the long finger
不要推迟考虑退休计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- It had been his intention to renovate the cottage but had kept ‘putting it on the long finger’.
- We always wanted to get married and we had thought about going down the route of Eileen getting a divorce but we put it on the long finger.
- I realise that I still owe Niall twenty quid, but that can wait - he's happy to put such things on the long finger.
- If a problem of any kind arises parents should share this with the teacher and not put it on the long finger.
- Those who put payments on the long finger can look forward to receiving monthly calls from the nice Visa or Mastercard lady.
- There are a few vacant slots currently available between 6.00 and 10.00 p.m. nightly so don't put it on the long finger as it's a case of first come, first served.
- In an Irish context some of the American companies we would deal with are putting projects on the long finger.
- With the help of a fairy godmother-like CEO (chief effectiveness officer), the manager finally comes to appreciate how putting things on the long finger results in poor-quality work and unnecessary stress.
- The road was mooted as far back as the early 1980s but it was put on the long finger for many years and was only revived in the late 1990s following a period of intensive political lobbying
- But then rather than try to sort their debts, they tend to put them on the long finger.

put one's finger on something

Identify something exactly.
确切地指出某事物
he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong
他搞不清出了什么错。
Example sentencesExamples
- They were a very accomplished stage presence which played well, the music was good, but it lacked a certain something, I can't quite put my finger on it.
- I guess in a way that's why I'm finding it a bit of a challenge as to what to do next, because I really want to do something that's a bit different, and I can't quite put my finger on it yet.
- You start to figure out all the characters have some sort of connection but you can't put your finger on it.
- Thanks, Jack, I think you've put your finger on it.
- Howard, I think you've put your finger on something.
- You can't put your finger on it, but there's something special about the place.
- I think they're putting their finger on it because it shows how important personnel really are.
- The funny thing was I kind of walked past her, and slowed down, because I thought I recognised her as someone I knew, but couldn't quite put my finger on it.
- ‘All across the political spectrum,’ says Fred Siegel, a history professor, ‘there is just an uneasiness, a sense that something is happening, though people can't put their finger on it.’
- Sometimes we can feel we've bitten off more than we can chew… we feel trapped… it's like there's something right there, but we can't quite put our finger on it.

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, typically in order to attract attention in a peremptory way or to accompany the beat of music.
（常指为立刻引起注意或打节拍时）响亮地捻手指
Example sentencesExamples
- I do wish though that he would not loudly click his fingers to the music during this.
- Nicolas suddenly snapped his fingers in front of my face, startling me back into reality.
- Noel watched her intently and suddenly snapped his fingers right in front of her face.
- He followed me around, snapping his fingers and making sounds as if calling a puppy.
- I snapped my fingers thinking a sound could jolt her attention.
- I step over toward Dann, snapping my fingers for attention.
- The sound is tight, polished and overall very slick, right down to the backing vocalists (you can just visualise them clicking their fingers to the beat with wide smiles on their immaculately groomed faces).
- They watched cartoons in silence for a few moments until Chris suddenly snapped his fingers and stood up.
- Steph suddenly stopped and snapped her fingers.
- He looked at me for a moment in utter confusion, then snapped his fingers as if he suddenly realised who I was.

Derivatives

fingerless

adjective

His slim frame was practically swimming in the heavy material of his leather black coat, but he took no notice of this nuisance, instead readjusting the fingerless gloves on his hands as he ran.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then there's his fingerless left hand, a potent reminder of the dangers of living adventurously.
- After that she ran to her dresser where she picked up her fingerless gloves and slipped her hands into them, finally picking up a brush and quickly going through her now long, messy brown hair.
- I sat inside a sleeping bag with fingerless mittens that allowed me to type.
- At least, after yesterday's shopping expedition, I now have fingerless gloves and a beanie and several jumpers.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger.

Finger is Germanic in origin and the source of many expressions including: point the finger (of scorn) at (early 19th century), the emphatic lay a finger on somebody (mid 19th century), fingers crossed [1920s], and pull one's finger(s) out [1940s].

Rhymes

churinga, linger, malinger

Definition of finger in US English:

finger

nounˈfiNGɡərˈfɪŋɡər

1Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included)
手指
she raked her hair back with her fingers
她用手指把头发梳到脑后。
Example sentencesExamples
- Proceed with moving your ring finger and then your pinky finger toward your thumb.
- As she approached I held up four fingers and raised my eyebrows questioningly.
- It is normal for children to suck their thumbs, their fingers or pacifiers.
- He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication.
- There was some movement in the hand especially the fingers, thumb and little finger.
- Typically the joints of the fingers and toes are affected, although the back, knees and hips may be too.
- As a young boy I had an accident that resulted in the loss of four fingers on my right hand and three on my left hand.
- In this test, you bend your thumb across the palm of your hand and bend your fingers down over your thumb.
- To illustrate the point, he tapped the left pectoral region of his chest with four fingers.
- For one to two weeks after that, you'll be able to move the top two joints on your fingers, but your knuckles must remain still.
- I've instantly singed the hair from the upper joints of my fingers through misjudgment of these little details.
- Common warts usually occur on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails.
- The money was used to buy a pulse oximeter, a hand-held piece of equipment which is attached to an ear lobe or finger and checks lung function quickly and easily.
- This painless device shines a reddish glowing light from a sensor attached to a finger or toe and determines how much oxygen is in the blood.
- The hands may be broad with short fingers; the little finger may only have one joint instead of two and be slightly curved.
- Looking back at Tim, he held out his left hand with four fingers up to indicate how many guards were there.
- Keep the ball in the inside of your hand, go through and squeeze the ball with your fingers from little finger through to the thumb and back.
- The arthritis can affect any joints in the body, but generally it affects the most distant joints of the fingers and toes.
- Call if your child has any injury that makes movement of his arms, legs, fingers, or toes difficult.
- Avoid positions that push your other fingers toward your little finger.
Synonyms
digit
1. 1.1 A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
  （手套的）手指部分
  Example sentencesExamples
  In winter we wrap up in scarves and Steptoe-style gloves with the fingers cut out.
  Take the gloves, cut off the fingers and push the glove over your wrist and onto your arm.
  She was wearing blue calf-length jeans with her stomach exposed and gloves with various coloured fingers.
  She had black leather gloves on with the fingers cut off and black trousers.
  Sooner or later, I will have to buy some gloves and cut the fingers off so that I can keep typing.
2. 1.2 A measure of liquor in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger.
  （酒在杯中的深度）一指宽
  he poured three fingers of vodka into a juice glass
  维克汉姆往杯子里倒了三指宽的伏特加。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He leaned forward, carefully removed the ice from a glass set before him and them motioned to the waiter to pour in precisely three fingers of Pastis.
  If you have 2 or more fingers of drink to allocate they can be distributed between more than one player.
  I dropped ice into the largest glass I could find and poured out about eight fingers of the sweet liquid.
  Synonyms
  dram, small measure, drink, nip, slug, drop, draught, swallow, swig
3. 1.3 An object that has roughly the long, narrow shape of a finger.
  指状物
  a shortbread finger
  指状白脱甜酥饼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Colonies of this bryozoan (Sea Chervil) look like wavy brown fingers of sponge.
  Large fingers of kelp sway and beckon us out to sea.
  Serve with toasted fingers of ciabatta, but remember to bring it to room temperature before serving - fridge-cold pâté will not do.
  Individually moulded fingers of sushi rice seemed too formal, so I spread the rice in a thick layer over the banana leaf, and laid generous slices of tuna over it.
  Serve with fingers of toasted sour dough Poilâne bread and thin sticks of crisp vegetables.
  Synonyms
  strip, rectangle, sliver, streak, pencil

verbˈfiNGɡərˈfɪŋɡər

[with object]

1Touch or feel (something) with the fingers.
用手指触摸（某物）
the thin man fingered his mustache
那个瘦男人用手指捋了捋他的小胡子。
Example sentencesExamples
- With a ‘harumpf’ or two, the judge fingered his walrus type moustache and started to explain.
- He fingers his thick gold chain as he pauses for a moment.
- Coughing a little as her coffee caught in her throat, she lowered the mug and fingered its handle nervously.
- Velmon fingered his mustache and thought a moment.
- She fingered the thin cloth covering her brother, opening her mouth to speak, and then quickly shutting it as if thinking better of it.
- He grabbed my hand and fingered the ring he had given me.
- Reaching out tentatively towards me, he fingered the pair of rings I always wore on a chain around my neck.
- ‘Your mom hates me,’ Jimmy said skeptically and fingered the door handle of my car, while remaining tense.
- He would finger each bag for a minute, touching and stroking, and then finally moving it into a larger plastic bag.
- Gently, Gabrielle fingered her cheek, but even at the lightest touch it hurt.
- Some of them were fiddling with the ball, while others fingered the handle of the bat, and others just sat with their feet against the gate before them with a tense look on their faces.
- I felt a hand touch my hair, fingering it and letting it drop, strand by strand.
- Søren followed her back into the main room, fingering the thin hair clip he had secured to the cuff of his shirt sleeve.
- The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching.
- I stared at the bible she had laid on my lap and I fingered the worn edges, touched that she had given me her first bible.
- Gently he fingered several curls that touched his shoulder.
Synonyms
touch, feel, handle, manipulate, stroke, rub, caress, fondle, toy with, play with, play about with, play around with, fiddle with, twiddle with, maul, meddle with, manhandle, pull, grab
1. 1.1 Play (a musical instrument) with the fingers, especially in a tentative or casual manner.
  （尤指尝试着或随意地）用手指弹奏；拨弄（乐器）
  a woman fingered a lute
  一个女子用手指拨弄着诗琴。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's easy to imagine this sort of music being played by a brace of competent but anonymous session musicians with beards and ponytails stroking saxophones and fingering fretless bass guitars.
  ‘I must say, though,’ she said thoughtfully, fingering her violin.
  Rowan could just picture her, her hands fingering the beautiful flute as her eyes scanned the sea.
  All this from a man who can finger a fretboard like nobody's business.
  A few days after that fateful jam session, Rocky was sitting at home, fingering his guitar to a tune only he knew.
2North American informal Inform on (someone) to the police.
〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人）
you fingered me for those burglaries
你向警方告发我进行了那几起盗窃。
Example sentencesExamples
- These rapidly became forays into entrapment of innocent people fingered by prison snitches trying to get their sentences reduced.
- The rationale for such state rules is that an accomplice has little incentive to testify truthfully, especially if he can cut a deal by fingering someone else.
- In his statement, is he essentially accusing the doctor of fingering him?
- But going online and fingering him accomplishes nothing.
- They say reporting suspected illegals over the Web will result in people being mistakenly fingered, or let people with a grudge turn in innocent victims.
- He was identified by name in a New York Times story on Monday, presumably because he was fingered by officials on Sunday.
- They have created their own surreal world where criminals are fingered before they commit crimes.
- He escapes repeatedly, only to be gunned down after he's fingered by a woman friend.
- But again, if the best that the state can do in this case is cite statistics as their basis for fingering him with this crime, it will be a good day for the defense.
- You risk fingering some guy who's your neighbor and a potential advertiser and subscriber.
- Yen knew without a doubt that even if the squeaky clean Don had something to do with it, they'd never be able to finger him.
- But that doesn't mean defense attorneys and reformers should resign themselves to a conviction every time a client is fingered by a victim's last words.
- He was uncovered after his employers fingered him to police over the affair.
- Over the next month, he tried to find out who had fingered him and what he could do to get his own back.
- Well, at the end, those people, the prisoners will be able to finger the people who tortured them or badly treated them.
Synonyms
inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back
1. 2.1finger someone for Identify or choose someone for (a particular purpose)
  〈主北美〉为（某目的）指认；选定
  a research biologist with impeccable credentials was fingered for team leader
  一位资历无可挑剔的生物学研究者被选定为小组领导人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  No one wants to be fingered as the person that does it.
  Synonyms
  identify, recognize, single out, pick out, spot, choose, select, point out
3Music
Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
〔乐〕用某种指法演奏（乐曲）。参见 FINGERING¹
See also fingering
Example sentencesExamples
- The lower oboes are treated as transposing instruments, their parts written to be fingered like treble oboe parts.
- Pianist Eddie Heywood deftly fingers the bridge on the last chorus.
- Dick used the drum sticks to bang out the notes on the bass, with Tommy fingering the chords on the fret.
- By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle.
- Timidly plucking a string, I fingered the lead guitar of ‘Smoke on the Water’.
- The lead guitarist begins to finger an intricate melody, then turns around to face the audience, a spotlight on him.
1. 3.1 Mark (music) with signs showing which fingers are to be used.
  给（乐谱）标明指法符号
  Example sentencesExamples
  The majority of these pieces, the Twelve Impressions, were fingered and edited by Kreisler, to whom the pieces were dedicated.
  Other pianists cringed when I shared Nagy's fingering suggestions for splitting a difficult passage between two hands.

Phrases

be all fingers and thumbs

informal Be clumsy or awkward in one's actions.
〈英，非正式〉笨手笨脚
Example sentencesExamples
- Hands that saved penalties with ease were all fingers and thumbs at writing.
- We've didn't want another flip phone because when it rings we're all fingers and thumbs and can't get it open quick enough after spending ages trying to get it out of the handbag.
- Wigan were surprisingly all fingers and thumbs at times in their first home game of the new campaign.
- Scooping up the warm rice and hot pickle by hand feels natural enough till it gets to my mouth; then I am all fingers and thumbs, bits of curry-stained rice dropping into my lap, and still so obviously, embarrassingly, a tourist.
- I seemed to be all fingers and thumbs and dropped things right, left and centre.
Synonyms
clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, all thumbs, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping
clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping

give someone the finger

informal Make an obscene gesture with the middle finger raised as a sign of contempt, meaning 'fuck you.'.
〈北美，非正式〉向某人伸出中指（表示蔑视的下流示意动作）
Example sentencesExamples
- I glanced over my shoulder to see him still standing there, his face entirely straight, yet at the same time calmly giving me the finger.
- I yelled over my shoulder, giving him the finger.
- He was going to junior high school, and he'd always walk in front of my house and give me the finger.
- ‘Process this,’ I retort, giving him the finger.
- Yes, I was doing push-ups with one arm, all the while giving them the finger.
- I raised a hand and gave him the finger before walking towards the school building.
- I responded by giving him the finger, before collapsing on my bed once more and drawing the blankets on top of me.
- The driver nodded, pointed as if to say, ‘Yes, you,’ then emphatically gave us the finger.
- Dreyden shrugged brushed it off, politely giving him the finger.
- I called giving Travis the finger before I closed the door.

have a finger in every pie

Be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises.
事事参与；样样都管
Example sentencesExamples
- His thumbprint is everywhere; he had a finger in every pie.
- They have a finger in every pie, from Columbian drug lords to Caucasian oilfields to the jungles of the Philippines.
- They had a finger in every pie in their former colony and their atomic energy commission controlled the country's mines.
- This may have been true in the days of the licence-permit raj, when the government had a finger in every pie.
- He has a finger in every pie - dance, karathe, spiral sword, origami, mimicry, silambam, painting and acting.
- Indian Americans seem to have a finger in every pie, from Mars to Mass Transit.
- His daughter-in-law explained: ‘Chris was a real live wire and had a finger in every pie.’
- But Nicholas, despite an almost maniacal attachment to the idea of duty and zeal, was only human; he insisted on having a finger in every pie but had only ten fingers like everybody else.
- He said: ‘It has been characteristic of the company as long as anyone can remember that it has had to have a finger in every pie.’
- I know you have a finger in every pie, my friend.

have (or keep) one's finger on the pulse

Be aware of all the latest news or developments.
了解最新动向
he keeps his finger on the pulse of world music
他了解世界音乐的最新动向。
Example sentencesExamples
- Over 265 million is traded daily on the Irish Stock Exchange's equities market and there are many investors out there who want to keep their finger on the pulse regarding share performance and potential deals.
- Where are the exciting developments, and who has their finger on the pulse?
- It is his way of keeping his finger on the pulse, and directors are encouraged to speak freely.
- At one time, I had this reputation for having my finger on the pulse, of knowing what people wanted.
- Now that I've been out of Britain for nearly 4 years, my view of the politics there has become somewhat two-dimensional and I no longer feel I have my finger on the pulse of daily life.
- Between them they have their finger on the pulse of contemporary customers.
- We are going to talk about it with two sports hosts who have their finger on the pulse of the fans.
- I much prefer to have my finger on the pulse and know what's going on.
- We continue to keep our finger on the pulse regarding a quality and diverse range of programming which meets the needs of the vast majority of listeners and this has been proven by our ever increasing listenership results.
- And I also think that Jeff Zuker, our executive producer, is really brilliant and quite good at sort of predicting or keeping his finger on the pulse and figuring out what is going to be interesting - what's going to be hot.

lay a finger on someone

Touch someone, especially with the intention of harming them.
（为伤害他人而）触碰；动…的一根指头
Example sentencesExamples
- The mere thought of that psychopath laying a finger on her at all made him cringe and shiver all over.
- Rich continued, ‘And thirdly, you're a pretty girl, if one of these boys so much lays a finger on you without your consent they will have hell to pay.’
- Smiling shyly, I said, ‘Even if you were to attack, Chesare would have you by the throat before you could lay a finger on me.’
- She had better not lay a finger on him or she'll have to deal with me!
- ‘They wouldn't dare lay a finger on you in Higgins's yard,’ Conall assured her, practically reading her mind, ‘I, on the other hand would be in serious trouble.’
- You tell Danny that if he so much as lays a finger on you, I'll snap him in half like a twig.
- They'll say, lay a finger on me and you're straight in court.
- ‘They haven't laid a finger on me, yet,’ he smirked.
- I love you; call me if she ever lays a finger on you.
- Even though I physically bundled people out the door on a number of occasions, nobody ever laid a finger on me.

put one's finger on something

Identify something exactly.
确切地指出某事物
he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong
他搞不清出了什么错。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes we can feel we've bitten off more than we can chew… we feel trapped… it's like there's something right there, but we can't quite put our finger on it.
- I think they're putting their finger on it because it shows how important personnel really are.
- You can't put your finger on it, but there's something special about the place.
- The funny thing was I kind of walked past her, and slowed down, because I thought I recognised her as someone I knew, but couldn't quite put my finger on it.
- Howard, I think you've put your finger on something.
- I guess in a way that's why I'm finding it a bit of a challenge as to what to do next, because I really want to do something that's a bit different, and I can't quite put my finger on it yet.
- ‘All across the political spectrum,’ says Fred Siegel, a history professor, ‘there is just an uneasiness, a sense that something is happening, though people can't put their finger on it.’
- Thanks, Jack, I think you've put your finger on it.
- They were a very accomplished stage presence which played well, the music was good, but it lacked a certain something, I can't quite put my finger on it.
- You start to figure out all the characters have some sort of connection but you can't put your finger on it.

keep one's fingers crossed

see cross

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger.

单词	finger
释义	Definition of finger in English: finger noun ˈfɪŋɡəˈfɪŋɡər 1Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included) 手指 she raked her hair back with her fingers 她用手指把头发梳到脑后。 Example sentencesExamples Call if your child has any injury that makes movement of his arms, legs, fingers, or toes difficult. As she approached I held up four fingers and raised my eyebrows questioningly. I've instantly singed the hair from the upper joints of my fingers through misjudgment of these little details. In this test, you bend your thumb across the palm of your hand and bend your fingers down over your thumb. Common warts usually occur on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails. To illustrate the point, he tapped the left pectoral region of his chest with four fingers. He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication. It is normal for children to suck their thumbs, their fingers or pacifiers. Looking back at Tim, he held out his left hand with four fingers up to indicate how many guards were there. The hands may be broad with short fingers; the little finger may only have one joint instead of two and be slightly curved. The arthritis can affect any joints in the body, but generally it affects the most distant joints of the fingers and toes. The money was used to buy a pulse oximeter, a hand-held piece of equipment which is attached to an ear lobe or finger and checks lung function quickly and easily. Proceed with moving your ring finger and then your pinky finger toward your thumb. As a young boy I had an accident that resulted in the loss of four fingers on my right hand and three on my left hand. This painless device shines a reddish glowing light from a sensor attached to a finger or toe and determines how much oxygen is in the blood. Avoid positions that push your other fingers toward your little finger. Keep the ball in the inside of your hand, go through and squeeze the ball with your fingers from little finger through to the thumb and back. For one to two weeks after that, you'll be able to move the top two joints on your fingers, but your knuckles must remain still. There was some movement in the hand especially the fingers, thumb and little finger. Typically the joints of the fingers and toes are affected, although the back, knees and hips may be too. Synonyms digit thumb, index finger, forefinger, first finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger North American pinkie 1.1 A part of a glove intended to cover a finger. （手套的）手指部分 Example sentencesExamples She was wearing blue calf-length jeans with her stomach exposed and gloves with various coloured fingers. Sooner or later, I will have to buy some gloves and cut the fingers off so that I can keep typing. In winter we wrap up in scarves and Steptoe-style gloves with the fingers cut out. Take the gloves, cut off the fingers and push the glove over your wrist and onto your arm. She had black leather gloves on with the fingers cut off and black trousers. 1.2 A measure of spirits in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger. （酒在杯中的深度）一指宽 two fingers of brandy Example sentencesExamples He leaned forward, carefully removed the ice from a glass set before him and them motioned to the waiter to pour in precisely three fingers of Pastis. I dropped ice into the largest glass I could find and poured out about eight fingers of the sweet liquid. If you have 2 or more fingers of drink to allocate they can be distributed between more than one player. Synonyms dram, small measure, drink, nip, slug, drop, draught, swallow, swig 1.3 An object that has roughly the long, narrow shape of a finger. 指状物 a shortbread finger 指状白脱甜酥饼。 Example sentencesExamples Colonies of this bryozoan (Sea Chervil) look like wavy brown fingers of sponge. Serve with toasted fingers of ciabatta, but remember to bring it to room temperature before serving - fridge-cold pâté will not do. Serve with fingers of toasted sour dough Poilâne bread and thin sticks of crisp vegetables. Individually moulded fingers of sushi rice seemed too formal, so I spread the rice in a thick layer over the banana leaf, and laid generous slices of tuna over it. Large fingers of kelp sway and beckon us out to sea. Synonyms strip, rectangle, sliver, streak, pencil verb ˈfɪŋɡəˈfɪŋɡər [with object] 1Touch or feel with the fingers. 用手指触摸（某物） the thin man fingered his moustache 那个瘦男人用手指捋了捋他的小胡子。 Example sentencesExamples Reaching out tentatively towards me, he fingered the pair of rings I always wore on a chain around my neck. The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching. With a ‘harumpf’ or two, the judge fingered his walrus type moustache and started to explain. I felt a hand touch my hair, fingering it and letting it drop, strand by strand. Velmon fingered his mustache and thought a moment. Søren followed her back into the main room, fingering the thin hair clip he had secured to the cuff of his shirt sleeve. She fingered the thin cloth covering her brother, opening her mouth to speak, and then quickly shutting it as if thinking better of it. Coughing a little as her coffee caught in her throat, she lowered the mug and fingered its handle nervously. Some of them were fiddling with the ball, while others fingered the handle of the bat, and others just sat with their feet against the gate before them with a tense look on their faces. He fingers his thick gold chain as he pauses for a moment. ‘Your mom hates me,’ Jimmy said skeptically and fingered the door handle of my car, while remaining tense. I stared at the bible she had laid on my lap and I fingered the worn edges, touched that she had given me her first bible. He grabbed my hand and fingered the ring he had given me. He would finger each bag for a minute, touching and stroking, and then finally moving it into a larger plastic bag. Gently, Gabrielle fingered her cheek, but even at the lightest touch it hurt. Gently he fingered several curls that touched his shoulder. Synonyms touch, feel, handle, manipulate, stroke, rub, caress, fondle, toy with, play (about/around) with, fiddle with, twiddle with, maul, meddle with, manhandle, pull, grab put one's hands on, lay a finger on informal paw, mess 1.1 Play (a musical instrument) with the fingers, especially in a tentative or casual manner. （尤指尝试着或随意地）用手指弹奏；拨弄（乐器） a woman fingered a lute 一个女子用手指拨弄着诗琴。 Example sentencesExamples It's easy to imagine this sort of music being played by a brace of competent but anonymous session musicians with beards and ponytails stroking saxophones and fingering fretless bass guitars. ‘I must say, though,’ she said thoughtfully, fingering her violin. A few days after that fateful jam session, Rocky was sitting at home, fingering his guitar to a tune only he knew. Rowan could just picture her, her hands fingering the beautiful flute as her eyes scanned the sea. All this from a man who can finger a fretboard like nobody's business. 2North American informal Inform on (someone) to the police. 〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人） he was fingered by a supergrass and charged with murder Example sentencesExamples But that doesn't mean defense attorneys and reformers should resign themselves to a conviction every time a client is fingered by a victim's last words. They say reporting suspected illegals over the Web will result in people being mistakenly fingered, or let people with a grudge turn in innocent victims. You risk fingering some guy who's your neighbor and a potential advertiser and subscriber. These rapidly became forays into entrapment of innocent people fingered by prison snitches trying to get their sentences reduced. He was uncovered after his employers fingered him to police over the affair. Well, at the end, those people, the prisoners will be able to finger the people who tortured them or badly treated them. But again, if the best that the state can do in this case is cite statistics as their basis for fingering him with this crime, it will be a good day for the defense. Over the next month, he tried to find out who had fingered him and what he could do to get his own back. They have created their own surreal world where criminals are fingered before they commit crimes. Yen knew without a doubt that even if the squeaky clean Don had something to do with it, they'd never be able to finger him. The rationale for such state rules is that an accomplice has little incentive to testify truthfully, especially if he can cut a deal by fingering someone else. In his statement, is he essentially accusing the doctor of fingering him? He was identified by name in a New York Times story on Monday, presumably because he was fingered by officials on Sunday. But going online and fingering him accomplishes nothing. He escapes repeatedly, only to be gunned down after he's fingered by a woman friend. Synonyms inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back 2.1 Identify or select. the additive had been fingered as a possible human health risk Example sentencesExamples No one wants to be fingered as the person that does it. Synonyms identify, recognize, single out, pick out, spot, choose, select, point out inform on, denounce informal point the finger at, grass on, rat on, squeal on, tell tales about, tell on, blow the whistle on, spill the beans about, sell down the river, snitch on, peach 3Music Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers. 〔乐〕用某种指法演奏（乐曲）。参见 FINGERING¹ See also fingering Example sentencesExamples By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle. Timidly plucking a string, I fingered the lead guitar of ‘Smoke on the Water’. The lead guitarist begins to finger an intricate melody, then turns around to face the audience, a spotlight on him. Pianist Eddie Heywood deftly fingers the bridge on the last chorus. Dick used the drum sticks to bang out the notes on the bass, with Tommy fingering the chords on the fret. The lower oboes are treated as transposing instruments, their parts written to be fingered like treble oboe parts. 3.1 Mark (music) with signs showing which fingers are to be used. 给（乐谱）标明指法符号 Example sentencesExamples The majority of these pieces, the Twelve Impressions, were fingered and edited by Kreisler, to whom the pieces were dedicated. Other pianists cringed when I shared Nagy's fingering suggestions for splitting a difficult passage between two hands. Phrases be all fingers and thumbs informal Be clumsy or awkward in one's actions. 〈英，非正式〉笨手笨脚 Example sentencesExamples We've didn't want another flip phone because when it rings we're all fingers and thumbs and can't get it open quick enough after spending ages trying to get it out of the handbag. Wigan were surprisingly all fingers and thumbs at times in their first home game of the new campaign. Hands that saved penalties with ease were all fingers and thumbs at writing. I seemed to be all fingers and thumbs and dropped things right, left and centre. Scooping up the warm rice and hot pickle by hand feels natural enough till it gets to my mouth; then I am all fingers and thumbs, bits of curry-stained rice dropping into my lap, and still so obviously, embarrassingly, a tourist. Synonyms clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, all thumbs, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping get (or pull) one's finger out informal Stop hesitating or wasting time and start to act. Example sentencesExamples Having said that, my desk is piling up with work and the mailbox is getting full… suppose I will have to pull my finger out. It was nice food but it was such a long wait, and we think it was only because my mother started fingering her car keys that they pulled their finger out and got us our meal. The council need to pull their finger out and spend money on cameras now. But if you don't pull your finger out, expulsion is on the cards. We had to call them five times before they finally pulled their finger out and couriered the stuff over here. The Government should pull their finger out and make a decision about this issue. Moving so near The Valley made me pull my finger out and start going to the football too. If I'd got my finger out and done my return earlier, I could have had it taken from my tax code and paid in small amounts through the year. But let's remember the important part of the equation, which this is really about our children pulling their finger out and doing something special for their fathers. I'm annoyed at myself for not getting my finger out in time, although I did actually receive the paperwork on the day before the deadline, as it turns out - so the chances of getting in were pretty low anyway. Synonyms make a start, begin, make a beginning, take the first step, lay the first stone, make the first move, get going, go ahead, set things moving, take something forward, buckle down, buckle to, turn to, put one's shoulder to the wheel, put one's hand to the plough, get the ball rolling, set the ball rolling, start the ball rolling get one's fingers burned/burnt (or burn one's fingers) (especially in a financial context) suffer unpleasant consequences as a result of one's actions, discouraging one from trying a similar action again. （尤用于财经）自讨苦吃，自找麻烦 Example sentencesExamples He got his fingers burnt in a patisserie venture at the Lakeside shopping centre in Essex. Sometimes, when people are very trusting and open, they get their fingers burned. Forecasters got their fingers burned last weekend when they predicted a scorcher and all we got was wind, rain and cloud. Takeway owners in Preston and South Ribble could get their fingers burnt following an overhaul of the licensing laws. It should come as no surprise to them when they get their fingers burnt. ‘There are too many uncertainties at this stage and people could end up getting their fingers burned,’ he said. Many of those who got their fingers burned remain on the sidelines and most of the established venture capital companies no longer invest in early stage companies, preferring to wait until they have a more stable track record. This is no solace to ordinary people who've got their fingers burned in the stock market. This means that even if some people do end up getting their fingers burned in this sector, they are unlikely to destabilise the whole market. It might create a false market in the company's shares, causing investors to get their fingers burnt. give someone the finger informal Make a gesture with the middle finger raised as an obscene sign of contempt. 〈北美，非正式〉向某人伸出中指（表示蔑视的下流示意动作） Example sentencesExamples Yes, I was doing push-ups with one arm, all the while giving them the finger. I raised a hand and gave him the finger before walking towards the school building. Dreyden shrugged brushed it off, politely giving him the finger. I yelled over my shoulder, giving him the finger. ‘Process this,’ I retort, giving him the finger. He was going to junior high school, and he'd always walk in front of my house and give me the finger. I called giving Travis the finger before I closed the door. The driver nodded, pointed as if to say, ‘Yes, you,’ then emphatically gave us the finger. I glanced over my shoulder to see him still standing there, his face entirely straight, yet at the same time calmly giving me the finger. I responded by giving him the finger, before collapsing on my bed once more and drawing the blankets on top of me. have a finger in every pie Be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises. 事事参与；样样都管 Example sentencesExamples They had a finger in every pie in their former colony and their atomic energy commission controlled the country's mines. He has a finger in every pie - dance, karathe, spiral sword, origami, mimicry, silambam, painting and acting. I know you have a finger in every pie, my friend. This may have been true in the days of the licence-permit raj, when the government had a finger in every pie. Indian Americans seem to have a finger in every pie, from Mars to Mass Transit. He said: ‘It has been characteristic of the company as long as anyone can remember that it has had to have a finger in every pie.’ His thumbprint is everywhere; he had a finger in every pie. His daughter-in-law explained: ‘Chris was a real live wire and had a finger in every pie.’ They have a finger in every pie, from Columbian drug lords to Caucasian oilfields to the jungles of the Philippines. But Nicholas, despite an almost maniacal attachment to the idea of duty and zeal, was only human; he insisted on having a finger in every pie but had only ten fingers like everybody else. have a finger in the pie Be involved in a matter, especially in an annoyingly interfering way. 染指，参与其事；横加干涉 Example sentencesExamples No doubt the Ministry of Health has had a finger in the pie. After all, why should my boss (and for people working in government agencies the ‘boss’ is often the state) have a finger in the pie? ‘I have no doubt that someone in the institution has a finger in the pie,’ he said. have (or keep) one's finger on the pulse Be aware of all the latest news or developments. 了解最新动向 he keeps his finger on the pulse of world music 他了解世界音乐的最新动向。 Example sentencesExamples And I also think that Jeff Zuker, our executive producer, is really brilliant and quite good at sort of predicting or keeping his finger on the pulse and figuring out what is going to be interesting - what's going to be hot. Where are the exciting developments, and who has their finger on the pulse? Over 265 million is traded daily on the Irish Stock Exchange's equities market and there are many investors out there who want to keep their finger on the pulse regarding share performance and potential deals. It is his way of keeping his finger on the pulse, and directors are encouraged to speak freely. Between them they have their finger on the pulse of contemporary customers. At one time, I had this reputation for having my finger on the pulse, of knowing what people wanted. I much prefer to have my finger on the pulse and know what's going on. Now that I've been out of Britain for nearly 4 years, my view of the politics there has become somewhat two-dimensional and I no longer feel I have my finger on the pulse of daily life. We continue to keep our finger on the pulse regarding a quality and diverse range of programming which meets the needs of the vast majority of listeners and this has been proven by our ever increasing listenership results. We are going to talk about it with two sports hosts who have their finger on the pulse of the fans. lay a finger on someone Touch someone, especially with the intention of harming them. （为伤害他人而）触碰；动…的一根指头 Example sentencesExamples Smiling shyly, I said, ‘Even if you were to attack, Chesare would have you by the throat before you could lay a finger on me.’ Even though I physically bundled people out the door on a number of occasions, nobody ever laid a finger on me. The mere thought of that psychopath laying a finger on her at all made him cringe and shiver all over. Rich continued, ‘And thirdly, you're a pretty girl, if one of these boys so much lays a finger on you without your consent they will have hell to pay.’ You tell Danny that if he so much as lays a finger on you, I'll snap him in half like a twig. ‘They wouldn't dare lay a finger on you in Higgins's yard,’ Conall assured her, practically reading her mind, ‘I, on the other hand would be in serious trouble.’ She had better not lay a finger on him or she'll have to deal with me! They'll say, lay a finger on me and you're straight in court. ‘They haven't laid a finger on me, yet,’ he smirked. I love you; call me if she ever lays a finger on you. put the finger on informal Inform against (someone) to the authorities. 〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人） Example sentencesExamples What is going on is that it now appears, at least appears, that one assistant is putting the finger on another? Let's help the organisation to put the finger on these lunatics before they kill somebody. This is someone allegedly within the party who put the finger on a political opponent to make political points. Maybe Grey simply blamed Toni to get herself out of trouble after Marshal and Everett turned it disagreed with her over my evaluation and put the finger on Toni. I'm not trying to put the finger on the company, by the way; I know there are other similar programs. Why does he feel the need to put the finger on us? Synonyms denounce, give away, betray, incriminate, inculpate, report, tell the authorities about, tell the police about put something on the long finger Postpone consideration of something; put something off. 〈爱尔兰〉推迟考虑某事；推迟某事 don't put retirement planning on the long finger 不要推迟考虑退休计划。 Example sentencesExamples It had been his intention to renovate the cottage but had kept ‘putting it on the long finger’. We always wanted to get married and we had thought about going down the route of Eileen getting a divorce but we put it on the long finger. I realise that I still owe Niall twenty quid, but that can wait - he's happy to put such things on the long finger. If a problem of any kind arises parents should share this with the teacher and not put it on the long finger. Those who put payments on the long finger can look forward to receiving monthly calls from the nice Visa or Mastercard lady. There are a few vacant slots currently available between 6.00 and 10.00 p.m. nightly so don't put it on the long finger as it's a case of first come, first served. In an Irish context some of the American companies we would deal with are putting projects on the long finger. With the help of a fairy godmother-like CEO (chief effectiveness officer), the manager finally comes to appreciate how putting things on the long finger results in poor-quality work and unnecessary stress. The road was mooted as far back as the early 1980s but it was put on the long finger for many years and was only revived in the late 1990s following a period of intensive political lobbying But then rather than try to sort their debts, they tend to put them on the long finger. put one's finger on something Identify something exactly. 确切地指出某事物 he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong 他搞不清出了什么错。 Example sentencesExamples They were a very accomplished stage presence which played well, the music was good, but it lacked a certain something, I can't quite put my finger on it. I guess in a way that's why I'm finding it a bit of a challenge as to what to do next, because I really want to do something that's a bit different, and I can't quite put my finger on it yet. You start to figure out all the characters have some sort of connection but you can't put your finger on it. Thanks, Jack, I think you've put your finger on it. Howard, I think you've put your finger on something. You can't put your finger on it, but there's something special about the place. I think they're putting their finger on it because it shows how important personnel really are. The funny thing was I kind of walked past her, and slowed down, because I thought I recognised her as someone I knew, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. ‘All across the political spectrum,’ says Fred Siegel, a history professor, ‘there is just an uneasiness, a sense that something is happening, though people can't put their finger on it.’ Sometimes we can feel we've bitten off more than we can chew… we feel trapped… it's like there's something right there, but we can't quite put our finger on it. 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, typically in order to attract attention in a peremptory way or to accompany the beat of music. （常指为立刻引起注意或打节拍时）响亮地捻手指 Example sentencesExamples I do wish though that he would not loudly click his fingers to the music during this. Nicolas suddenly snapped his fingers in front of my face, startling me back into reality. Noel watched her intently and suddenly snapped his fingers right in front of her face. He followed me around, snapping his fingers and making sounds as if calling a puppy. I snapped my fingers thinking a sound could jolt her attention. I step over toward Dann, snapping my fingers for attention. The sound is tight, polished and overall very slick, right down to the backing vocalists (you can just visualise them clicking their fingers to the beat with wide smiles on their immaculately groomed faces). They watched cartoons in silence for a few moments until Chris suddenly snapped his fingers and stood up. Steph suddenly stopped and snapped her fingers. He looked at me for a moment in utter confusion, then snapped his fingers as if he suddenly realised who I was. Derivatives fingerless adjective His slim frame was practically swimming in the heavy material of his leather black coat, but he took no notice of this nuisance, instead readjusting the fingerless gloves on his hands as he ran. Example sentencesExamples Then there's his fingerless left hand, a potent reminder of the dangers of living adventurously. After that she ran to her dresser where she picked up her fingerless gloves and slipped her hands into them, finally picking up a brush and quickly going through her now long, messy brown hair. I sat inside a sleeping bag with fingerless mittens that allowed me to type. At least, after yesterday's shopping expedition, I now have fingerless gloves and a beanie and several jumpers. Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger. Finger is Germanic in origin and the source of many expressions including: point the finger (of scorn) at (early 19th century), the emphatic lay a finger on somebody (mid 19th century), fingers crossed [1920s], and pull one's finger(s) out [1940s]. Rhymes churinga, linger, malinger noun.1 phr. Definition of finger in US English: finger nounˈfiNGɡərˈfɪŋɡər 1Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included) 手指 she raked her hair back with her fingers 她用手指把头发梳到脑后。 Example sentencesExamples Proceed with moving your ring finger and then your pinky finger toward your thumb. As she approached I held up four fingers and raised my eyebrows questioningly. It is normal for children to suck their thumbs, their fingers or pacifiers. He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication. There was some movement in the hand especially the fingers, thumb and little finger. Typically the joints of the fingers and toes are affected, although the back, knees and hips may be too. As a young boy I had an accident that resulted in the loss of four fingers on my right hand and three on my left hand. In this test, you bend your thumb across the palm of your hand and bend your fingers down over your thumb. To illustrate the point, he tapped the left pectoral region of his chest with four fingers. For one to two weeks after that, you'll be able to move the top two joints on your fingers, but your knuckles must remain still. I've instantly singed the hair from the upper joints of my fingers through misjudgment of these little details. Common warts usually occur on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails. The money was used to buy a pulse oximeter, a hand-held piece of equipment which is attached to an ear lobe or finger and checks lung function quickly and easily. This painless device shines a reddish glowing light from a sensor attached to a finger or toe and determines how much oxygen is in the blood. The hands may be broad with short fingers; the little finger may only have one joint instead of two and be slightly curved. Looking back at Tim, he held out his left hand with four fingers up to indicate how many guards were there. Keep the ball in the inside of your hand, go through and squeeze the ball with your fingers from little finger through to the thumb and back. The arthritis can affect any joints in the body, but generally it affects the most distant joints of the fingers and toes. Call if your child has any injury that makes movement of his arms, legs, fingers, or toes difficult. Avoid positions that push your other fingers toward your little finger. Synonyms digit 1.1 A part of a glove intended to cover a finger. （手套的）手指部分 Example sentencesExamples In winter we wrap up in scarves and Steptoe-style gloves with the fingers cut out. Take the gloves, cut off the fingers and push the glove over your wrist and onto your arm. She was wearing blue calf-length jeans with her stomach exposed and gloves with various coloured fingers. She had black leather gloves on with the fingers cut off and black trousers. Sooner or later, I will have to buy some gloves and cut the fingers off so that I can keep typing. 1.2 A measure of liquor in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger. （酒在杯中的深度）一指宽 he poured three fingers of vodka into a juice glass 维克汉姆往杯子里倒了三指宽的伏特加。 Example sentencesExamples He leaned forward, carefully removed the ice from a glass set before him and them motioned to the waiter to pour in precisely three fingers of Pastis. If you have 2 or more fingers of drink to allocate they can be distributed between more than one player. I dropped ice into the largest glass I could find and poured out about eight fingers of the sweet liquid. Synonyms dram, small measure, drink, nip, slug, drop, draught, swallow, swig 1.3 An object that has roughly the long, narrow shape of a finger. 指状物 a shortbread finger 指状白脱甜酥饼。 Example sentencesExamples Colonies of this bryozoan (Sea Chervil) look like wavy brown fingers of sponge. Large fingers of kelp sway and beckon us out to sea. Serve with toasted fingers of ciabatta, but remember to bring it to room temperature before serving - fridge-cold pâté will not do. Individually moulded fingers of sushi rice seemed too formal, so I spread the rice in a thick layer over the banana leaf, and laid generous slices of tuna over it. Serve with fingers of toasted sour dough Poilâne bread and thin sticks of crisp vegetables. Synonyms strip, rectangle, sliver, streak, pencil verbˈfiNGɡərˈfɪŋɡər [with object] 1Touch or feel (something) with the fingers. 用手指触摸（某物） the thin man fingered his mustache 那个瘦男人用手指捋了捋他的小胡子。 Example sentencesExamples With a ‘harumpf’ or two, the judge fingered his walrus type moustache and started to explain. He fingers his thick gold chain as he pauses for a moment. Coughing a little as her coffee caught in her throat, she lowered the mug and fingered its handle nervously. Velmon fingered his mustache and thought a moment. She fingered the thin cloth covering her brother, opening her mouth to speak, and then quickly shutting it as if thinking better of it. He grabbed my hand and fingered the ring he had given me. Reaching out tentatively towards me, he fingered the pair of rings I always wore on a chain around my neck. ‘Your mom hates me,’ Jimmy said skeptically and fingered the door handle of my car, while remaining tense. He would finger each bag for a minute, touching and stroking, and then finally moving it into a larger plastic bag. Gently, Gabrielle fingered her cheek, but even at the lightest touch it hurt. Some of them were fiddling with the ball, while others fingered the handle of the bat, and others just sat with their feet against the gate before them with a tense look on their faces. I felt a hand touch my hair, fingering it and letting it drop, strand by strand. Søren followed her back into the main room, fingering the thin hair clip he had secured to the cuff of his shirt sleeve. The boy and the dog relish the scamper, but the pedlar fingers his rosary to ward off the threat of a drenching. I stared at the bible she had laid on my lap and I fingered the worn edges, touched that she had given me her first bible. Gently he fingered several curls that touched his shoulder. Synonyms touch, feel, handle, manipulate, stroke, rub, caress, fondle, toy with, play with, play about with, play around with, fiddle with, twiddle with, maul, meddle with, manhandle, pull, grab 1.1 Play (a musical instrument) with the fingers, especially in a tentative or casual manner. （尤指尝试着或随意地）用手指弹奏；拨弄（乐器） a woman fingered a lute 一个女子用手指拨弄着诗琴。 Example sentencesExamples It's easy to imagine this sort of music being played by a brace of competent but anonymous session musicians with beards and ponytails stroking saxophones and fingering fretless bass guitars. ‘I must say, though,’ she said thoughtfully, fingering her violin. Rowan could just picture her, her hands fingering the beautiful flute as her eyes scanned the sea. All this from a man who can finger a fretboard like nobody's business. A few days after that fateful jam session, Rocky was sitting at home, fingering his guitar to a tune only he knew. 2North American informal Inform on (someone) to the police. 〈非正式，主北美〉向警方告发（某人） you fingered me for those burglaries 你向警方告发我进行了那几起盗窃。 Example sentencesExamples These rapidly became forays into entrapment of innocent people fingered by prison snitches trying to get their sentences reduced. The rationale for such state rules is that an accomplice has little incentive to testify truthfully, especially if he can cut a deal by fingering someone else. In his statement, is he essentially accusing the doctor of fingering him? But going online and fingering him accomplishes nothing. They say reporting suspected illegals over the Web will result in people being mistakenly fingered, or let people with a grudge turn in innocent victims. He was identified by name in a New York Times story on Monday, presumably because he was fingered by officials on Sunday. They have created their own surreal world where criminals are fingered before they commit crimes. He escapes repeatedly, only to be gunned down after he's fingered by a woman friend. But again, if the best that the state can do in this case is cite statistics as their basis for fingering him with this crime, it will be a good day for the defense. You risk fingering some guy who's your neighbor and a potential advertiser and subscriber. Yen knew without a doubt that even if the squeaky clean Don had something to do with it, they'd never be able to finger him. But that doesn't mean defense attorneys and reformers should resign themselves to a conviction every time a client is fingered by a victim's last words. He was uncovered after his employers fingered him to police over the affair. Over the next month, he tried to find out who had fingered him and what he could do to get his own back. Well, at the end, those people, the prisoners will be able to finger the people who tortured them or badly treated them. Synonyms inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back 2.1finger someone for Identify or choose someone for (a particular purpose) 〈主北美〉为（某目的）指认；选定 a research biologist with impeccable credentials was fingered for team leader 一位资历无可挑剔的生物学研究者被选定为小组领导人。 Example sentencesExamples No one wants to be fingered as the person that does it. Synonyms identify, recognize, single out, pick out, spot, choose, select, point out 3Music Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers. 〔乐〕用某种指法演奏（乐曲）。参见 FINGERING¹ See also fingering Example sentencesExamples The lower oboes are treated as transposing instruments, their parts written to be fingered like treble oboe parts. Pianist Eddie Heywood deftly fingers the bridge on the last chorus. Dick used the drum sticks to bang out the notes on the bass, with Tommy fingering the chords on the fret. By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle. Timidly plucking a string, I fingered the lead guitar of ‘Smoke on the Water’. The lead guitarist begins to finger an intricate melody, then turns around to face the audience, a spotlight on him. 3.1 Mark (music) with signs showing which fingers are to be used. 给（乐谱）标明指法符号 Example sentencesExamples The majority of these pieces, the Twelve Impressions, were fingered and edited by Kreisler, to whom the pieces were dedicated. Other pianists cringed when I shared Nagy's fingering suggestions for splitting a difficult passage between two hands. Phrases be all fingers and thumbs informal Be clumsy or awkward in one's actions. 〈英，非正式〉笨手笨脚 Example sentencesExamples Hands that saved penalties with ease were all fingers and thumbs at writing. We've didn't want another flip phone because when it rings we're all fingers and thumbs and can't get it open quick enough after spending ages trying to get it out of the handbag. Wigan were surprisingly all fingers and thumbs at times in their first home game of the new campaign. Scooping up the warm rice and hot pickle by hand feels natural enough till it gets to my mouth; then I am all fingers and thumbs, bits of curry-stained rice dropping into my lap, and still so obviously, embarrassingly, a tourist. I seemed to be all fingers and thumbs and dropped things right, left and centre. Synonyms clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, all thumbs, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping clumsy, awkward, maladroit, inept, bungling, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping give someone the finger informal Make an obscene gesture with the middle finger raised as a sign of contempt, meaning 'fuck you.'. 〈北美，非正式〉向某人伸出中指（表示蔑视的下流示意动作） Example sentencesExamples I glanced over my shoulder to see him still standing there, his face entirely straight, yet at the same time calmly giving me the finger. I yelled over my shoulder, giving him the finger. He was going to junior high school, and he'd always walk in front of my house and give me the finger. ‘Process this,’ I retort, giving him the finger. Yes, I was doing push-ups with one arm, all the while giving them the finger. I raised a hand and gave him the finger before walking towards the school building. I responded by giving him the finger, before collapsing on my bed once more and drawing the blankets on top of me. The driver nodded, pointed as if to say, ‘Yes, you,’ then emphatically gave us the finger. Dreyden shrugged brushed it off, politely giving him the finger. I called giving Travis the finger before I closed the door. have a finger in every pie Be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises. 事事参与；样样都管 Example sentencesExamples His thumbprint is everywhere; he had a finger in every pie. They have a finger in every pie, from Columbian drug lords to Caucasian oilfields to the jungles of the Philippines. They had a finger in every pie in their former colony and their atomic energy commission controlled the country's mines. This may have been true in the days of the licence-permit raj, when the government had a finger in every pie. He has a finger in every pie - dance, karathe, spiral sword, origami, mimicry, silambam, painting and acting. Indian Americans seem to have a finger in every pie, from Mars to Mass Transit. His daughter-in-law explained: ‘Chris was a real live wire and had a finger in every pie.’ But Nicholas, despite an almost maniacal attachment to the idea of duty and zeal, was only human; he insisted on having a finger in every pie but had only ten fingers like everybody else. He said: ‘It has been characteristic of the company as long as anyone can remember that it has had to have a finger in every pie.’ I know you have a finger in every pie, my friend. have (or keep) one's finger on the pulse Be aware of all the latest news or developments. 了解最新动向 he keeps his finger on the pulse of world music 他了解世界音乐的最新动向。 Example sentencesExamples Over 265 million is traded daily on the Irish Stock Exchange's equities market and there are many investors out there who want to keep their finger on the pulse regarding share performance and potential deals. Where are the exciting developments, and who has their finger on the pulse? It is his way of keeping his finger on the pulse, and directors are encouraged to speak freely. At one time, I had this reputation for having my finger on the pulse, of knowing what people wanted. Now that I've been out of Britain for nearly 4 years, my view of the politics there has become somewhat two-dimensional and I no longer feel I have my finger on the pulse of daily life. Between them they have their finger on the pulse of contemporary customers. We are going to talk about it with two sports hosts who have their finger on the pulse of the fans. I much prefer to have my finger on the pulse and know what's going on. We continue to keep our finger on the pulse regarding a quality and diverse range of programming which meets the needs of the vast majority of listeners and this has been proven by our ever increasing listenership results. And I also think that Jeff Zuker, our executive producer, is really brilliant and quite good at sort of predicting or keeping his finger on the pulse and figuring out what is going to be interesting - what's going to be hot. lay a finger on someone Touch someone, especially with the intention of harming them. （为伤害他人而）触碰；动…的一根指头 Example sentencesExamples The mere thought of that psychopath laying a finger on her at all made him cringe and shiver all over. Rich continued, ‘And thirdly, you're a pretty girl, if one of these boys so much lays a finger on you without your consent they will have hell to pay.’ Smiling shyly, I said, ‘Even if you were to attack, Chesare would have you by the throat before you could lay a finger on me.’ She had better not lay a finger on him or she'll have to deal with me! ‘They wouldn't dare lay a finger on you in Higgins's yard,’ Conall assured her, practically reading her mind, ‘I, on the other hand would be in serious trouble.’ You tell Danny that if he so much as lays a finger on you, I'll snap him in half like a twig. They'll say, lay a finger on me and you're straight in court. ‘They haven't laid a finger on me, yet,’ he smirked. I love you; call me if she ever lays a finger on you. Even though I physically bundled people out the door on a number of occasions, nobody ever laid a finger on me. put one's finger on something Identify something exactly. 确切地指出某事物 he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong 他搞不清出了什么错。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes we can feel we've bitten off more than we can chew… we feel trapped… it's like there's something right there, but we can't quite put our finger on it. I think they're putting their finger on it because it shows how important personnel really are. You can't put your finger on it, but there's something special about the place. The funny thing was I kind of walked past her, and slowed down, because I thought I recognised her as someone I knew, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Howard, I think you've put your finger on something. I guess in a way that's why I'm finding it a bit of a challenge as to what to do next, because I really want to do something that's a bit different, and I can't quite put my finger on it yet. ‘All across the political spectrum,’ says Fred Siegel, a history professor, ‘there is just an uneasiness, a sense that something is happening, though people can't put their finger on it.’ Thanks, Jack, I think you've put your finger on it. They were a very accomplished stage presence which played well, the music was good, but it lacked a certain something, I can't quite put my finger on it. You start to figure out all the characters have some sort of connection but you can't put your finger on it. keep one's fingers crossed see cross Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger. noun.1 phr.
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