fingernail
gb/fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl/ us/fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl/
A2
英語
köröm, kézköröm
名詞
A2
1
用法パターン：
[someone]'s fingernail; (a) fingernail; fingernails
I broke a fingernail opening the package.
Csomagbontás közben letört a körmöm.
She painted her fingernails bright red for the wedding.
Az esküvőre élénkpirosra festette a körmeit.
There was dirt under his fingernails after working in the garden.
学習者向け例文
I cut my fingernails every week.
Minden héten levágom a körmeimet.
My fingernail is broken.
Letört a körmöm.
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes confuse fingernail (finger) with toenail (toe), or say just nail when they need to be specific.
意味
nail on the end of a finger
コロケーション
bite your fingernails
|cut your fingernails
|trim your fingernails
|file your fingernails
|paint your fingernails
|fingernail polish
|break a fingernail
|dirty fingernails
|long fingernails
|fingernail clippings
類義語
nail (More general; can mean a fingernail or a toenail.)
対義語
toenail (A nail on a toe rather than on a finger.)
テーマ
body
|health
|grooming
|daily_life
定義
The hard part at the end of your finger.
The hard, flat plate of keratin that covers and protects the tip of a human finger.
文法
辞書形
fingernail
IPA
GB/fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl/
US/fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl/
音節・強勢
fin - ger - nail （3音節）
Stress on 1st syllable (fin)
活用形
Noun
- Base: fingernail
- Plural: fingernails
関連語
表現
a fingernail's breadth
1/ə fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪlz bɹˈɛdθ/
idiom
literary
a very small distance
A very small distance.
例文
- The ball missed the post by a fingernail’s breadth.
- We came within a fingernail’s breadth of reaching our target.
bite your fingernails
1/bˈaɪt jˈʊɹ fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪlz/
fixed phrase
show nervousness by chewing nails
To chew your nails because you feel nervous.
例文
- He always bites his fingernails before an interview.
- Stop biting your fingernails—you’ll make them bleed.
学習者向け例文
- I bite my fingernails when I am nervous.
by a fingernail
1/bˈaɪ ə fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl/
idiom
by a very small amount
By a tiny difference.
例文
- She won the election by a fingernail.
- They missed the train by a fingernail.
fingernail polish
1/fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪl pˈɑlɪʃ/
fixed phrase
colored liquid for painting nails
Paint you put on your nails for color.
例文
- She removed her fingernail polish with nail polish remover.
- I bought a bottle of clear fingernail polish.
学習者向け例文
- I use fingernail polish.
get dirt under your fingernails
1/ɡˈɛt dˈɚt ˈʌndɚ jˈʊɹ fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪlz/
idiom
informal
do real practical hands-on work
To do real work with your hands.
例文
- If you want to learn carpentry, you have to get dirt under your fingernails.
- She isn’t afraid to get dirt under her fingernails and help on the shop floor.
hang on by your fingernails
1/hˈæŋ ˈɔn bˈaɪ jˈʊɹ fˈɪŋɡɚnˌeɪlz/
idiom
barely manage to survive or continue
To continue, but only just.
例文
- With rent going up, we’re hanging on by our fingernails.
- After the injury, he was hanging on by his fingernails in the race.