英语词汇“fingernail-biting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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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.

单词	fingernail-biting
释义	> as lemmas fingernail-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. extracted from fingernailn. < as lemmas
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