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

　

单词	nail-biter
释义	nail-biter in American English (ˈneɪlˌbaɪtər) noun Informal a situation or activity, as a suspenseful drama or highly competitive game in sports, with an outcome so uncertain that it creates much tension or anxiety nail-biter in American English (ˈneilˌbaitər) noun 1. a person who bites his or her nails, esp. habitually 2. a situation marked by anxiety or tension Word origin [1970–75] Examples of 'nail-biter' in a sentence nail-biter Speaking of nail-biter, sound the klaxon. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It's a genuinely thrilling nail-biter. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But it won't likely be a nail-biter. canada.com (2005) How many did a team need before the fourth-innings chase became a nail-biter? Times, Sunday Times (2015) A taut little nail-biter, slightly marred by a dubious moral stance. Times, Sunday Times (2012) America is up for a humdinger of an election - just like our own nail-biter. The Sun (2015) The first game wasn't a nail-biter like the second one. Houston Chronicle (2001) Beginning a new campaign, they endured another nail-biter yesterday - and again they could not prevail. Times, Sunday Times (2013) This absolute nail-biter, written in a clever and convincing teenage vernacular, has an ending of stunning ingenuity. Times, Sunday Times (2007)
随便看	the night before (sth) the night/christmas before last the night's a pup the night sky the nine the nineties the nitty-gritty the niña the nobility the noble art the nod the noes have it the nonpoor the nooks and crannies the noose the norm the (norman) conquest the norse the north the north atlantic the northeast the northern hemisphere the northern ireland assembly the northern irish the northern karoo

　

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