finger
gb/fˈɪŋɡɚ/ us/fˈɪŋɡɚ/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 1200
ujj, tapogat, babrál, ujjaival végigsimít, felad, beköp, megnevez
คำนาม
A1
1
ujj
A1
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s [finger]
She wore a gold ring on her finger.
Aranygyűrűt viselt az ujján.
He cut his finger while chopping vegetables.
Megvágta az ujját zöldségaprítás közben.
The child pointed with his finger at the picture.
Her fingers were cold from the snow.
He broke his index finger during the game.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
I hurt my finger.
Megsérült az ujjam.
He wears a ring on his finger.
Gyűrűt visel az ujján.
She points with her finger.
My fingers are cold.
He has long fingers.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'finger' with 'toe', which is on the foot, not the hand.
ความหมาย
One of the digits on a hand
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
pointing finger
|index finger
|middle finger
|ring finger
|little finger
คำพ้องความหมาย
digit (More formal or technical term for a finger or toe.)
คำตรงข้าม
toe (A similar body part on the foot instead of the hand.)
หัวข้อ
body
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
One of the five long parts on your hand that you use to hold or touch things.
One of the five long, movable parts attached to the end of the human hand, used for grasping and touching.
คำกริยา
B1
2
รูปแบบการใช้:
to finger [something]
She fingered the pages of the old book.
Ujjaival végigsimított a régi könyv lapjain.
He nervously fingered his tie before the meeting.
Idegesen babrálta a nyakkendőjét a megbeszélés előtt.
The musician fingered the guitar strings skillfully.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
He fingered the paper.
Ujjaival tapogatta a papírt.
She fingers her hair when she is thinking.
Gondolkodás közben a haját babrálja.
The boy fingered the toy.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this with 'point' which means to indicate something with a finger, not to handle it.
ความหมาย
Touch or handle with fingers
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
finger the fabric
|finger through papers
|finger a necklace
คำพ้องความหมาย
handle (To touch or hold, but can involve the whole hand, not just fingers.)
คำตรงข้าม
avoid touching (To deliberately not touch something.)
หัวข้อ
daily life
|daily_life
|body
คำจำกัดความ
To touch or hold something with your fingers.
To touch, feel, or handle something using your fingers, often carefully or in a particular way.
คำกริยา
B2
INFORMAL
3
รูปแบบการใช้:
to finger [someone] (as [something])
The witness refused to finger his accomplice.
A tanú nem volt hajlandó beköpni a bűntársát.
Someone must have fingered him to the cops.
Valaki biztosan beköpte a zsaruknak.
He was fingered as the leader of the gang.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
The man fingered the thief to the police.
A férfi feladta a tolvajt a rendőrségnek.
She did not want to finger her friend.
Nem akarta beköpni a barátját.
He was fingered by a witness.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may misunderstand and think it means physically touching someone rather than identifying them to authorities.
ความหมาย
Inform on someone to authorities
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
finger a suspect
|finger the thief
คำพ้องความหมาย
inform on (Neutral equivalent; does not have the same slang connotation.)
คำตรงข้าม
cover for (To protect someone by not revealing their wrongdoing.)
หัวข้อ
crime
|law
|communication
คำจำกัดความ
To tell the police who did a crime.
To report or identify someone to the police or other authority as being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
finger
IPA
GB/fˈɪŋɡɚ/
US/fˈɪŋɡɚ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
fin - ger (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (fin)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: finger
- Plural: fingers
Verb
- Base: finger
- 3rd Person Singular: fingers
- Present Participle: fingering
- Past: fingered
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
Core family
fingernail
noun A2
fingertip
noun
Related words
fingerprint
noun B1
Negative and opposite forms
fingerless
adjective
Advanced or less common
forefinger
noun B2
วลีและสำนวน
green fingers
1/ɡɹˈin fˈɪŋɡɚz/
idiom
Skill in gardening and growing plants well
To be very good at growing plants and making them healthy.
ตัวอย่าง
- My grandmother has green fingers and her garden is beautiful.
- If you don't have green fingers, start with easy plants.
keep your fingers crossed
1/kˈip jˈʊɹ fˈɪŋɡɚz kɹˈɔst/
idiom
informal
Hope for good luck or success
To hope that something will happen in the way you want it to happen.
ตัวอย่าง
- Keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't rain tomorrow.
- I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your exam results.
point the finger at someone
1/pˈɔɪnt ðə fˈɪŋɡɚ ˈæt sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
Accuse someone of wrongdoing or blame them
To say that someone is responsible for a problem or bad thing.
ตัวอย่าง
- They were quick to point the finger at the manager when sales dropped.
- Don't point the finger at me; I didn't do it.
put your finger on something
1/pˈʊt jˈʊɹ fˈɪŋɡɚ ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
idiom
Identify exactly what is wrong or important
To understand and say exactly what is wrong or important about something.
ตัวอย่าง
- I can't quite put my finger on what's bothering me.
- She put her finger on the real problem immediately.
have a finger in every pie
1/hˈæv ə fˈɪŋɡɚ ˈɪn ˈɛvɹi pˈaɪ/
idiom
informal
Be involved in many things at once
To be involved in many different activities or projects.
ตัวอย่าง
- She has a finger in every pie, from local politics to charity work.
- He likes to have a finger in every pie at the office.
have a finger in every pie
2/hˈæv ə fˈɪŋɡɚ ˈɪn ˈɛvɹi pˈaɪ/
idiom
be involved in many activities
To be involved in many different activities, projects, or businesses at the same time.
ตัวอย่าง
- She seems to have a finger in every pie, from local politics to charity work.
- Our boss has a finger in every pie and likes to control every project.
- He has a finger in every pie and always knows what’s happening in town.