英语词汇“hit the nail on the head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin); to hit the nail upon (or on) the head, usually figurative.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)]

workOE

availa1400

makea1400

prevaila1400

to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450

effect1592

serve1593

to tickle it1601

take1611

executea1627

to have force (to do)1713

answer1721

to take place1789

to do the trick1819

to hit (also go to, touch, etc.) the spot1836

produce1881

to press (also push) the button1890

to come through1906

to turn the trick1933

to make a (also the) point1991

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > be exact [phrase]

to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450

to the notch1790

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons)

speed993

achievec1300

escheve?a1400

succeed1509

to turn up trumps1595

fadge1611

to nick ita1637

to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655

to get on1768

to reap, win one's laurels1819

to go a long way1859

win out1861

score1882

to make it1885

to make a ten-strike1887

to make the grade1912

to make good1914

to bring home the bacon1924

to go places1931

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 138 Now be myn trowthe ȝe hytte the pynne.

?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. A viij Thou hyttest the nayle vpon the heed For that is the thinge that they dreed.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxii. sig. Vu4^v Indeed she had hit the needle in that deuise.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 75 That we commonly call hitting the eight on the face, when we come to an eight, and skip vp from it agayne to another perfect concord.

1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. E His eyes are all white,..to keep Cupid from hitting the blacke.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 99 Venerable was found out as an Expedient to accommodate the Difference, luckily hitting the Mark, as a Title neither too high, nor too low.

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 54 This Bow-man hat the mark, when the Emperour Constantine turned Christian.

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. iv. 43 He was rash..hitting the nail on the head sometimes.

b. to hit (also †smite) the (right) nail on the head and variants: to get to the heart of the matter, to say or do exactly the right thing.

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a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 152 Ȝyf I here any mor þes materys rehersyd, I xal so smytyn þe nayl on þe hed..þat it schal schamyn alle hyr mayntenowrys.

c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 51 (MED) But euer he hitteth on þe heed of þe nayle-is ende, That the pure poynt pricketh on þe sothe.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.ii^v And yf that he hyt The nayle on the hede It standeth in no stede.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. E6 His chiefe pride resteth in hitting the nayle on the head with a quainte Epithite.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. xi. 122 One may through hap..hit the naile on the head.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 75 If in giving their judgments, forsooth, they have not hit the naile on the head.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 327 At last they ignorantly hit the nail on the head, saying that the Devil was in him.

1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 32 You have not hit the right nail o' the head.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 46 He hit the right nail on the head: for he let me do what I pleased.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 107 You've hit the right nail upon the head, and are as safe here as you could be.

1901 Speaker 20 July 450/1 Academism is all very well, but..it too often muffles the hammer of criticism, which ought to hit the nails of economic theory hard and on the head.

1952 A. Wilson Hemlock & After ii. i. 120 Not..that Ibsen doesn't hit the moral nail on the head every time.

1994 I. McMillan Dad, Donkey's on Fire 110 George smiled..‘You've hit the nail on the head!’

单词	hit the nail on the head
释义	> as lemmas to hit the nail upon (or on) the head a. to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin); to hit the nail upon (or on) the head, usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)] workOE availa1400 makea1400 prevaila1400 to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450 effect1592 serve1593 to tickle it1601 take1611 executea1627 to have force (to do)1713 answer1721 to take place1789 to do the trick1819 to hit (also go to, touch, etc.) the spot1836 produce1881 to press (also push) the button1890 to come through1906 to turn the trick1933 to make a (also the) point1991 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > be exact [phrase] to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450 to the notch1790 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 138 Now be myn trowthe ȝe hytte the pynne. ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. A viij Thou hyttest the nayle vpon the heed For that is the thinge that they dreed. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxii. sig. Vu4^v Indeed she had hit the needle in that deuise. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 75 That we commonly call hitting the eight on the face, when we come to an eight, and skip vp from it agayne to another perfect concord. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. E His eyes are all white,..to keep Cupid from hitting the blacke. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 99 Venerable was found out as an Expedient to accommodate the Difference, luckily hitting the Mark, as a Title neither too high, nor too low. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 54 This Bow-man hat the mark, when the Emperour Constantine turned Christian. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. iv. 43 He was rash..hitting the nail on the head sometimes. extracted from hitv. to hit (also †smite) the (right) nail on the head b. to hit (also †smite) the (right) nail on the head and variants: to get to the heart of the matter, to say or do exactly the right thing. ΚΠ a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 152 Ȝyf I here any mor þes materys rehersyd, I xal so smytyn þe nayl on þe hed..þat it schal schamyn alle hyr mayntenowrys. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 51 (MED) But euer he hitteth on þe heed of þe nayle-is ende, That the pure poynt pricketh on þe sothe. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.ii^v And yf that he hyt The nayle on the hede It standeth in no stede. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. E6 His chiefe pride resteth in hitting the nayle on the head with a quainte Epithite. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. xi. 122 One may through hap..hit the naile on the head. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 75 If in giving their judgments, forsooth, they have not hit the naile on the head. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 327 At last they ignorantly hit the nail on the head, saying that the Devil was in him. 1761 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (ed. 4) ii. 32 You have not hit the right nail o' the head. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 46 He hit the right nail on the head: for he let me do what I pleased. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 107 You've hit the right nail upon the head, and are as safe here as you could be. 1901 Speaker 20 July 450/1 Academism is all very well, but..it too often muffles the hammer of criticism, which ought to hit the nails of economic theory hard and on the head. 1952 A. Wilson Hemlock & After ii. i. 120 Not..that Ibsen doesn't hit the moral nail on the head every time. 1994 I. McMillan Dad, Donkey's on Fire 110 George smiled..‘You've hit the nail on the head!’ extracted from nailn. < as lemmas
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