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单词 nailing
释义
nailing
present participle ofnail
nail
verb
uk
/neɪl/us
/neɪl/

nailverb(FASTEN)

[T+ adv/prep]
tofastensomething with nails:
She had nailed asmallshelftothedoor.
Anoticehad been nailedupon thewall.
Thelidof theboxhad been naileddown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fastening and tying
  • anchor
  • bale
  • be locked togetheridiom
  • belay
  • bind
  • boardsomethingup
  • bound
  • bowline
  • granny knot
  • half hitch
  • harness
  • hobble
  • hogtie
  • stake
  • strap
  • strapsomeonein
  • strapsomethingup
  • tack
  • tapesomethingup
  • tether
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nailverb(CATCH)

[T]slang
tocatchsomeone,especiallywhen they are doing somethingwrong, or to make itclearthat they areguilty:
Thepolicehad beentryingto nail thoseguysformonths.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to find and take a person who has done something wrong
  • catchThey were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
  • arrestHe was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to property.
  • place/put under arrestThe suspect was placed under arrest and charged with armed assault.
  • captureThe soldiers were captured by enemy forces.
  • apprehendThe police have apprehended two individuals in connection with the crime.
  • nabThe cops nabbed him as he tried to get away.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arresting & charging
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • assist
  • attach
  • attachment
  • bust
  • busted
  • collar
  • fed
  • handcuff
  • handcuffs
  • house arrest
  • knock
  • nail
  • pick
  • picksomeone/somethingup
  • post-arrest
  • probable cause
  • pull
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Blaming & accusing

nailverb(SUCCEED)

[T]informal
to do somethingsuccessfully:
She nailed herauditionand got theleadpartin themusical.
Youtotallynailed it!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
  • A game
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • acquit
  • actualize
  • bear
  • go (like/down) a bombidiom
  • go faridiom
  • go from strength to strengthidiom
  • go into orbitidiom
  • go placesidiom
  • kill
  • pan
  • rise
  • scrape through(something)
  • sewsomethingup
  • slam dunk
  • smash itidiom
  • somewhere
  • stand out
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Idioms

nailyourcolours to the mast
nail a lie
nailing jelly to the wall

Phrasal verbs

nailsomeonedown
nailsomethingdown
nailsomethingon
(Definition ofnailingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnailing

nailing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Priests had beennailingtheses to church doors for centuries, listing their complaints with church doctrine or practice.
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Let me begin bynailingmy colours to the mast.
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The abolition ofnailingsomeone's ear to the pillory had taken place rather earlier.
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It is essential that we avoidnailingunrealistic targets to the mast.
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A more deliberate, calculated and persistent policy ofnailingpensioners down to the floor of inflation could scarcely be devised.
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Yes, in one sense they have, but we arenailingit down for the first time.
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I do not know whether we shall now see thenailingof such aid to the mast.
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However, there are three separate factors that cause me to hesitate beforenailingmy colours to that particular mast.
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A variety of systems are in use for thenailingof fractures and for such operations as knee implants.
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I will start bynailingonce and for all the falsehood about privatisation.
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If a rabid rat got out, one can imagine that a dog which is rather given tonailingrats could get severely bitten.
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I am speaking now not from personal considerations but in the long-term interests ofnailingthese people.
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They want to appeal to every interest group withoutnailingtheir colours to the mast.
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It is like trying to improve the weather bynailingthe needle on the barometer.
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It allows service of notice by fixing it conspicuously to some object on the premises, such asnailingthe writ to the mast.
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