0 |- G0 c7 N) n3 c ~ 你说姥姥手指肿了,要不要紧?肿的是哪一只? # c- O/ Y( Z6 _( c2 {& | 手指是finger,指头尖是fingertip,She was a lady to her fingertips.是“她浑身都是淑女”,连指头尖(里)都是。指甲是nail,钉子也是,也叫fingernail He is witty to the fingernails.是说浑身都是机智,机智都跑到指甲里头去了,连指甲里都有机智。% m: T" `4 u4 v0 c8 n: B0 L: o
My fingers itch to box his ears. 是手痒得想打他一个耳光,My fingers are itching to do it.是“跃跃欲试”,但是中文中“食指大动”“技痒”一类的意思。have a finger in the pie是“染指”、“参与”,look through one's fingers at是假装看不见(从指头缝中偷看),finger alphabet是“手势字母”,是聋子哑巴用的。 ( M( p- c m. ] 大拇指是thumb,童话里有一个Tom Thumb,任何小东西矮东西也叫Tom Thumb,喜欢吮大拇指叫thumb-sucker。thumb one's nose是一种做鬼脸。你在路上,若看到有人伸大拇指拦车,这种动作就叫thumb(也叫hitch-hike),这种人就叫thumb-pusher(也叫hitch-hiker),thumber就是揩油搭便车的。说这个人笨手笨脚的,常用His fingers are all thumbs. 十个指头全跟大拇指一样,不是完蛋了吗?# V9 a8 P9 v' G: i
食指是index finger,index,forefinger,书的“索引”也叫index。3 a% t& u$ _. u2 V B! H9 `* O
中指是middle finger,middle是“中间”的意思。 9 W) ~+ V4 D3 Q0 l5 D# J7 C) b4 m 无名指是ring finger,尤其是指左手的,ring是戒指,key ring是钥匙环。/ s7 a2 u% ?* M+ e
小指是little finger,说“玩弄别人于股(大腿)掌(手心)之上”,英文则是He has a remarkable talent for twisting people around his little finger.这 turn (twist) around one's little finger是成语,要记住。 0 R2 ]/ O. H9 E 中文里的“屈指可数”翻成英文是can count on the fingers (of a hand),“指不胜屈”是too many to count (on the fingers),打棒球时,若老是接不住球,这种人叫“奶油指头”(butterfingers),奶油指头跟十个指头都是大拇指比起来,正好是“半斤八两”(Tweedledum and Tweedledee)!7 X6 |/ [0 \, V8 P* b/ r4 [6 ^0 M( e( z
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