Nail

(noun.) a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.

(noun.) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.

(noun.) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard.

(verb.) attach something somewhere by means of nails; 'nail the board onto the wall'.

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• At it they went, tooth and nail. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the early form of the revolver the empty cartridge cases had to be ejected from the cylinder singly by an ejector rod or handy nail. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Mr. Chadband, leaning forward over the table, pierces what he has got to follow directly into Mr. Snagsby with the thumb-nail already mentioned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If a soft iron nail (Fig. 212) or its equivalent is slipped within the coil, the lifting and attractive power of the coil is increased, and comparatively heavy weights can be lifted. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He then called my attention to a little looking-glass hanging from a nail on one side of the chimney-piece. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When a man steals cattle, they cut off his right hand and left leg and nail them up in the marketplace as a warning to everybody. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Sometimes I would meet him in the neighbourhood lounging about and biting his nails. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Such a workman at the rate of a thousand nails a-day, and three hundred working days in the year, will make three hundred thousand nails in the year. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If Miss Mowcher cuts the Prince's nails, she must be all right. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• As nails,' added Charley Bates. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Then, when you don't want to bite your nails, bite them, make yourself bite them. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Somebody has nailed this wooden seat in. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There is a layer of felt nailed to the sides, ceiling, and floor of the room, and on this is nailed the sheet iron. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The carpet seemed continuous and firmly nailed, so I dismissed the idea of a trap-door. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna's things, and have nailed her in that way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was for any description of policy, in the compass of a week; and nailed all sorts of colours to every denomination of mast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And my hands seem nailed through to the sculls. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It is made by setting rough posts into the ground with the inner sides straight or faced with the ax, and then nailing common rough boards on them (like a tight fence) to a sufficient height. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

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