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| /ˈfɪŋgə/ |
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| 1 | your fingers are the long thin parts on the end of your hands （大拇指以外的）手指 |
| He had long bony fingers. 他的手指又瘦又长。 |
| She ran her fingers over the smooth wood. 她用手指抚过光滑的木头。 |
| | 1a | the part of a piece of clothing that covers one of your fingers （手套的）套手指部分 | | There was a hole in one of the fingers of her glove. 她手套上的手指部位有一个洞。 | |
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| 2 | a long thin piece of something 指状物；长条物；细长条 |
| Serve with fingers of toast. 配有长条烤面包。 |
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| - | be all fingers and thumbs
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| to be unable to do a small difficult job because you cannot control your fingers well enough |
| 笨手笨脚 |
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| - | burn your fingers
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| to suffer , especially by losing money , because you became involved in something that was not successful |
| （尤指因亏本而）吃苦头，遭受损失 |
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| A lot of small investors got their fingers burnt. 许多小投资者都蒙受了损失。 |
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| - | cross your fingers
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| to hope that things will happen in the way you want them to . People sometimes put one of their fingers over another one to show this hope |
| （交叉手指）祈求好运 |
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| We’ ll just have to keep our fingers crossed that it doesn’ t rain. 我们只得祈求老天不要下雨。 |
| Fingers crossed for Friday! 但愿星期五有好运！ |
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| - | give sb the finger mainly AMERICAN
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| to express anger at someone in a very rude way by holding up your longest finger towards them with your palm facing you |
| （手掌向内）向某人伸中指（一种表示愤怒的粗野举动） |
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| - | have a finger in every pie informal
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| to be involved in a lot of different things |
| 插手许多不同的事；多管闲事 |
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| - | pull/get your finger out BRITISH spoken
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| to start to make more effort |
| 开始更加努力；再加把劲 |
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| - | put/stick two fingers up at sb BRITISH informal
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| 1 | to express anger at someone in a very rude way by holding up your first two fingers in the shape of a ‘V’ with your palm facing you 做V型手势侮辱某人（一种表示愤怒的粗野动作，手掌向内，伸出食指和中指成V字形） | This is his way of sticking two fingers up at society. 这是他向社会表达愤怒的方式。 | |
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| 2 | to do something rude as a way of showing you do not care what someone thinks 做手势表示蔑视；做手势表示不在乎 |
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| - | snap/click your fingers
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| to make a sound by rubbing one of your fingers quickly against your thumb , usually in order to attract someone’ s attention |
| 弹指头，打响指（通常为了引起别人的注意） |
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| See also | | - lay 1 | | - point 2 | | - pulse 1 | | - slip 1 | | - work 1 | |
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