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nail METALneIln [C]a small thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end which you hit into something with a hammer, esp. in order to fasten or join it to something else a three-inch nail钉子She tore her skirt on a nail sticking out of the chair.她的裙子被椅子上突出的钉子撕破。Hammer a nail into the wall and we'll hang the mirror from it.在墙上钉个钉子，我们要在上面挂一面镜子。If you say that a fact or event is a nail in someone's or something's coffin (also drives a nail into someone's coffin) you mean that it makes that person's or thing's failure more likely.促使某人早日倒霉的东西; 某人的催命符Each successive revelation of incompetence is another nail in the chairman's coffin.一次次被证明不能胜任是董事长的又一道催命符。The report drove the final nail into the company's coffin.这份报道给公司致命的一击。If someone is (as) hard/tough as nails, they are very strong and in good physical condition and/or they act without worrying about the pain or danger they might cause to themselves or others.身体结实; 死硬
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