| 单词 | fingernail-biting | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfingernail-biting   fingernail-biting  n. and adj. 		 (a) n. the action or habit of biting one's fingernails; (also in extended use) the action of worrying; nervousness, anxiety;		 (b) adj. (in extended use of an event, situation, etc.) tense, suspenseful; nerve-racking. ΚΠ 1866    Cleveland 		(Ohio)	 Herald 12 Nov.  				We were not before aware that finger nail biting ever proved fatal. 1900    Racine 		(Wisconsin)	 Weekly Jrnl. 11 Oct. 7/5  				A French scientist has found a name for the finger-nail-biting-habit. 1942    Titusville 		(Pa.)	 Herald 23 June 6/2  				Several anxious finger-nail-biting moments waiting for the photo to be developed. 1960    North Adams 		(Mass.)	 Transcript 26 July 7/1  				A last inning rally that had the crowd in a finger nail biting, seat squirming situation. 1966    Lowell 		(Mass.)	 Sun 26 July 21/3  				Send your problems to George and have your finger-nail biting done by proxy. 1971    Sailplane & Gliding 22 364/1  				Many hours later Barrie pulled off a ‘fingernail-biting’ final glide to receive a tumultuous welcome. 1999    Morning Star 		(Wilmington, N. Carolina)	 		(Nexis)	 8 Feb. 1 d  				Less tangible an influence is stress, often to blame for the more common bad habits, especially overeating and fingernail biting. 2001    A. K. Helbig  & A. R. Perkins Many Peoples, One Land 221  				In a slam-bang, fingernail-biting conclusion, Escobedo corners the murderer. < as lemmas  | 
	
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