fingernail
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 手指甲
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 finger neiles
词源说明
From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.