finger

['fiŋgə]

n.指针, 手指
v.触碰, 用指抚摸

n.[C]

1. 手指; 大拇指以外的手指

He burnt his finger when he lit a cigar.

他点雪茄烟时烫了手指头。

2. (手套的)套手指部分

3. 指状物; 指针

The finger of the clock points to twelve.

钟的指针指向十二点。

4. 一指之宽; 一中指之长

vt.

1. 用手指触摸; 拨弄

She fingered the fine silk.

她用手抚摸这美丽的丝绸。

2. 用指弹奏(乐器、曲调)

How do you finger this piece?

这段曲子怎么弹?

3. 指出

4. 【美】【口】告密; 告发[(+to)]

5. 偷窃

6. 受(贿)

vi.

1. 用指弹奏

2. 用指触摸; 拨弄

词形变化

形容词: fingerless | 名词: fingerer | 动词过去式: fingered | 动词过去分词: fingered | 动词现在分词: fingering | 动词第三人称单数: fingers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.用手指触摸, 拨弄

touch  handle  feel  manipulate

n.手指

digit  

同义参见:

fiddle  

反义:

n.大拇指以外的手指

thumb  toe  

英英释义

名词 finger:

any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

同义词：fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit

one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb

动词 finger:

feel or handle with the fingers

同义词：thumb

examine by touch

同义词：feel

search for on the computer

indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments

短语词组

be all fingers and thumbs

1. 笨手笨脚

I'm all fingers and thumbs this morning.

今天上午我笨手笨脚老是出差错。

burn one's fingers

1. 因愚蠢行为而吃苦头

Mind your own business, or you'll burn your fingers.

少管闲事, 要不然你会吃苦头的。

have a finger in every pie

1. 多管闲事

She likes to have a finger in every pie.

她爱多管闲事。

have green fingers

1. 擅长园艺

I never have green fingers.

我向来不擅长种花莳草。

keep/have one's fingers crossed

1. 祈求好运

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

我将为你祝福。

lay/put a finger on

1. 触碰

The father wouldn't lay a finger on the children.

那父亲不动孩子们一根毫毛。

lay/put one's finger on

1. 确切地指出

I can't quite lay my finger on what's wrong with the engine.

我不能确切地说出引擎的毛病。

lift/raise a finger

1. 尽举手之劳

He was the only one who lifted a finger to save the children.

他是唯一出力帮助孩子们的人。

pull one's finger out

1. 开始认真工作

They didn't pull their finger out until the day before the exam.

直到考试前一天他们才开始用功。

slip through one's fingers

1. 错过

She let the chance slip through her fingers.

她坐失良机。

snap one's fingers

1. 捻手指(表示轻蔑或不在乎)

The drunk snapped his fingers for a waiter.

那醉汉捻手指招呼侍者。

twist sb. (a)round one's (little) finger

1. 任意摆布某人

She twists the young man around her little finger.

她任意摆布那个小伙子。

work one's fingers to the bone

1. 不停地做

They worked their fingers to the bone trying to get the house painted before dark.

他们不停地做, 想在天黑之前把房子漆完。

补充

fingerfinger英:[ˈfiŋɡə] 美:[ˈfɪŋɡɚ]n.1.手指There are five fingers on each hand.每只手有五个手指。2.指状物3.指幅She poured herself three fingers of whisky.她给自己倒了三指深的威士忌。

例句

1. She held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room.她抬起一只骨瘦嶙峋的小手, 指向房间的另一端。 2. She ran her fingers through her hair.她用手指梳了梳头发。 3. There was a ring on each of his fingers.他每个手指上都戴着一枚戒指。 4. a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union将巴基斯坦和前苏联分开的一条狭长地带 5. The cervix is two fingers dilated.子宫颈开了两指宽。 6. I poured two final fingers of bourbon into my glass.我把最后两指深的波旁威士忌倒进了自己的酒杯。 7. He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly.他因为生意惨败而吃了大亏。 8. Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business.瓦文萨先生因为答应给每个波兰人一亿兹罗提做生意而大吃苦头。 9. He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life.他将两指交叉, 平生第一次乞求好运。 10. I've got an interview tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me.我明天有个面试, 为我祈求好运吧！ 11. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.我祈盼他们早日出现。 12. If they don't get their finger out the window of opportunity will have closed again.他们要是再不抓紧干起来, 机会之窗就会再度关闭。 13. Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?你是不是该赶紧工作了？ 14. He's a man with fingers in a lot of pies.他这个人很多事情都插手。 15. the fashion designer who has a finger in every pie from perfume to lingerie从香水到女式内衣的每个领域都有所涉猎的时装设计师 16. I must make it clear I never laid a finger on her, however much she provoked me.我要说清楚：不管她怎么挑衅, 我都没碰过她一个手指头。 17. If you so much as lay a finger on those children, I'll kill you!你要是敢动孩子们一根毫毛, 我就杀了你！ 18. She never lifted a finger around the house.她一点儿家务都不做。 19. They will not lift a finger to help their country.他们不愿意为国家效一点儿力。 20. The press pointed the finger at the banks, but were they the real culprits?报界将矛头指向银行, 但银行是真正的罪魁祸首吗？ 21. He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone in the government or the army.他说他并不是在指责任何政府工作人员或军中人士。 22. Forensic evidence points the finger of suspicion firmly at him.法庭证据将嫌疑的矛头明确地指向他。 23. If Lefty knew who'd put the finger on him, do you think that person would still be walking around?要是莱夫蒂知道是谁告发了他, 你觉得那个人还能四处逍遥吗？ 24. The gang put the finger on a warehouse close to the airport.这个团伙选择在机场附近的一个仓库下手。 25. Midge couldn't quite put her finger on the reason.米奇压根就不能明确说明理由。 26. He could never quite put his finger on who or what was responsible for all this.他压根就没弄清楚是谁或是什么造成了所有这一切。 27. Money has slipped through his fingers all his life.他一生挥霍钱财。 28. You mustn't allow a golden opportunity to slip through your fingers or you will regret it later.你千万不要错过千载难逢的好机会, 否则你以后会后悔的。 29. They let victory slip through their fingers in Barcelona.他们在巴塞罗那与胜利失之交臂。 30. Her father thinks she can do no wrong; she can twist him around her little finger.她父亲认为她绝不会做错事, 因此任由她摆布。 31. Marcus has the rest of the committee wrapped around his little finger.其他的委员都对马库斯言听计从。 32. He fingered the few coins in his pocket.他拨弄着口袋里的几枚硬币。 33. Self-consciously she fingered the emeralds at her throat.她忸怩地摸着颈前的几块绿宝石。 34. Police and prosecutors manipulated the eyewitnesses so they would finger Aldo.警方与检察官操纵目击者, 让他们指认奥尔多。 35. People who have fingered drug dealers have been assassinated.指认毒品走私犯的几个人被暗杀了。 36. fingering a guitar弹奏吉他 37. She delicately fingered the strings of a mandolin.她灵巧地弹拨着曼陀林的琴弦。 38. to finger a piece of cloth揉搓一块布 39. She fingered the silk gently.她轻轻地触摸丝绸。 40. How do you finger this piece?你是如何弹奏这篇作品的? 41. The beams of the searchlights fingered the sky.一道道探照灯刺破天空。 42. She fingered a boy friend as one of the killers.她指出一个男朋友为杀人凶手之一。 43. The police have been fingering him for months.警察秘密监视他已经有数月了。 44. to finger him for complicity in the crime指控他共谋策划这次犯罪 45. she raked her hair back with her fingers.她用手指把头发梳到脑后。 46. Wickham poured three fingers of vodka into a glass.维克汉姆往杯里倒了三指宽的伏特加。 47. a shortbread finger.甜酥手指饼。 48. the thin man fingered his moustache.那个瘦男人用手指捋了捋他的小胡子。 49. a woman fingered a lute.一个女人拨弄着琵琶。 50. you fingered me for those burglaries.你向警方告发那些入室行窃都是我干的。 51. a research biologist with impeccable credentials was fingered for team leader.一位资历无可挑剔的生物学研究者被选定为小组领导人。 52. he keeps his finger on the pulse of world music.他了解世界音乐的最新动向。 53. don't put retirement planning on the long finger.不要推迟考虑退休计划。 54. he cannot put his finger on what has gone wrong.他搞不清出了什么错。 55. little finger, ring finger, middle finger, forefinger (or index finger), thumb小指；无名指；中指；食指；拇指 56. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you in your exams.我会祈求你考试成功。 57. There's nothing more we can do now -- just cross our fingers and hope for the best.现在我们没有别的办法了──只有祈盼最佳结果。 58. Don't stick your fingers in the cookie batter!别把你的手指伸到饼干糊里！ 59. He slipped the ring onto her finger.他把戒指轻轻地套在她的手指上。 60. The baby held onto my thumb with her tiny fingers.宝宝用她细小的手指紧紧抓住我的大拇指。 61. She ran her fingers through his hair.她用手指捋过他的头发。 62. He drummed his fingers on the table impatiently.他不耐烦地用手指敲桌子。 63. a finger of land extending into the sea延伸至大海的狭长地带 64. a finger of flame火焰的火舌 65. "She was so mad, she gave him the finger."她气得发疯，对他竖起了中指。 66. Some angry driver flipped me the finger on the highway this morning.今天早上在公路上，某个愤怒的司机对我竖起了中指。 67. Sorry I dropped the vase; I'm all fingers and thumbs today.对不起，我摔碎了花瓶；我今天真是笨手笨脚的。 68. He claims that he has/keeps his finger on the pulse of the computer industry. [=that he is very aware what is happening in the computer industry]他声称自己对计算机行业动态了如指掌。 69. a sharp talent agent who has a finger in nearly every pie in show business在娱乐业几乎处处涉足的精明经纪人 70. I don't know what he's complaining about. I never laid a finger on him.我不知道他在抱怨什么，我可从来没惹过他。 71. "I have so many chores to do, and my sister won't lift a finger to help me."我有很多家务要做，可妹妹一点儿忙也不帮。 72. He never lifted a finger to try to improve his failing grades.他考试不及格，却从不努力提高成绩。 73. He was quick to point an accusing finger at his coworkers.他立即指责起同事来。 74. Let's stop pointing fingers at each other and just solve the problem!我们别互相指责了，把问题解决了吧！ 75. I feel that something is wrong but I can't quite put my finger on the problem.我觉得有什么地方不对劲，但无法确切地指出问题所在。 76. He was shocked to realize that the finger of suspicion was now pointed at him. [=that he was now suspected]意识到自己现在被人怀疑，他感到震惊。 77. She had to work her fingers to the bone to make enough money to raise her kids.她不得不拼命工作，以挣到足够的钱来养育孩子。 78. three-fingered有三指的 79. She fingered the silk.她用手指摸了摸那块丝绸。 80. She fingered her necklace.她摸了摸自己的项链。 81. He was fingered as a suspect.他被指认为嫌疑犯。