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单词 hangnail
释义

hangnail

/ˈhaŋneɪl /
noun
A piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail.Children who bite their fingernails or pick at hangnails are more likely to get warts....
  • I saw that I had torn the hangnail right off my finger without even noticing.
  • Tory found it was harder to keep calm if she was looking at Nell, and pretended to study a hangnail on her ring finger.

Origin

Late 17th century: alteration of agnail 'painful swelling around a nail' (from Old English angnægl, denoting a corn on the toe), influenced by hang.

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