1
- each 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。
1.1
- a part of a glove intended to cover a finger(手套的)手指部分。
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:
Wickham poured three fingers of vodka into a glass.
维克汉姆往杯子里倒了三指宽的伏特加。
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。
with obj.
1
- touch or feel (something) 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。
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。
2
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. 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。
2.1
finger someone for
chiefly N. Amer. 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。
3
- Music 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 .
3.1
- mark (music) with signs showing which fingers are to be used给(乐谱)标明指法符号。
短语
be all fingers and thumbs
- Brit informal be clumsy or awkward in one's actions〈英, 非正式〉笨手笨脚。
get (或pull)one's finger out
- Brit informal cease prevaricating and start to act〈英, 非正式〉(停止推委)开始加劲工作; 赶紧行动起来。
get one's fingers burned/burnt(或 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。
give someone the finger
- N. Amer. 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)。
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。
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。
have(或 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。
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。
put the finger on
- informal inform against someone to the authorities〈非正式〉告发, 检举。
put something on the long finger
- Irish 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。
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。
snap (或 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。
twist (或 wind或wrap) someone around one's little finger
work one's fingers to the bone
- 见BONE.
派生词
fingered
adjective双指孔哨子
fingerless
adjective词源
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger.