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单词 nail
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nailnail1 /neɪl/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] Etymology Collocations 1 a thin pointed piece of metal that you force into a piece of wood with a hammer to fasten the wood to something else: pound/hammer a nail into something The workmen were busy hammering nails into the floor.2science, biology the hard smooth layer on the ends of your fingers and toes:  She scratched his face with her nails.long/short nails The girl had long red nails.cut/trim/file your nails I need to cut my nails. Don’t bite your nails. Oh no. I broke a nail.3a nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin something bad that will help to destroy someone’s success or hopes:  The report is another nail in the coffin for the tobacco industry.4as tough/hard as nails extremely determined or strict:  Jewson’s lawyers are as tough as nails. [Origin: Old English nægl] see also you’ve hit the nail on the head at hit1 (14)
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nailnail2 verb [transitive] Verb Table Collocations 1to fasten something to something else with a nail or nails:  Someone nailed the windows shut.nail something to something He nailed the sign to a tree.2informal to catch someone and prove that he or she is guilty of a crime or something bad: nail somebody for something Williams was nailed for fraud.3informal to do something exactly right, or to be exactly correct:  She nailed a superb jump.4nail somebody to the wall/cross to punish someone severelynail down phrasal verb informal1nail something ↔ down to reach a final and definite decision about something:  They finally managed to nail down an agreement.2nail something ↔ down to fasten something so that it cannot move, by forcing nails into it:  They nailed down the lid.3nail somebody down to make someone say clearly what he or she wants or intends to do:  I still haven’t nailed him down on a definite price.
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