Each of the five slender jointed parts attached to either hand; (also, in narrower sense) each of the four excluding the thumb.
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释义 | the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] (77) fingerOE Each of the five slender jointed parts attached to either hand; (also, in narrower sense) each of the four excluding the thumb. talons1594 plural. The claws (or less usually in singular any claw) of a bird or beast. Allusively applied to the grasping fingers or hands of human beings… nimblesa1637 In plural. cant. The fingers. Obsolete. rare. the ten stealers1655 slang. the ten stealers: the fingers. Welsh comb1788 the thumb and fingers, used to comb the hair. forks1819 plural (slang). The fingers. Hence, a pick-pocket (B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew ?1700). hooks1829 In plural. slang. The fingers or hands. So to get one's hooks on (also into): to get hold of. fingerlet1836 A small finger (in various senses of finger, n.). bread hook1845 slang (originally and chiefly North American). A finger or hand. Usually in plural. Cf. hook, n.1 1c. dactyl1889 A finger or toe. grab-hook1946 any hook for grabbing, spec. (see quot. 1887); (in plural) Nautical slang fingers. Subcategories:— as instrument of work (1) — groups of (3) — flexibility of (1) — parts of (6) — forefinger (14) — middle finger (7) — ring finger (15) — little finger (7) — thumb (12) |
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