nailed down
被钉住了,钉住了,被钉住的,被钉住
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Definitions
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- : a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- : a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a finger or toe.
- : a former measure of length for cloth, equal to 2.25 inches.
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- : to fasten with a nail or nails: to nail the cover on a box.
- : to enclose or confine by nailing: to nail up oranges in a crate.
- : to make fast or keep firmly in one place or position: Surprise nailed him to the spot.
- : to accomplish perfectly: the only gymnast to nail the dismount.
- : Informal. to secure by prompt action; catch or seize: The police nailed him with the goods.to catch in some difficulty, lie, etc.to detect and expose.
Phrases
- nail down
- nail in one's coffin
- bite one's nails
- fight tooth and nail
- hard as nails
- hit the bull's-eye (nail on the head)
- on the nail
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
This attributes to those awful side effects including hair loss, darkening of finger nails, etc.
Her red lip and nail combination really helped me get into character-it was classic old Hollywood glam.
Air- and heat-activated polish sealant as well as UV-cured gels, standard tools in the nail professional’s arsenal, also owe their origins to this former dentist.
Chicago dentist Maxwell Lappe had created an artificial fingernail for nail biters called Nu Nails in 1934.
Here we are 10 years later, and they have not even gotten to all of them, and the ones they have gotten to, the industry has fought tooth and nail.
But on Tuesday, we saw another nail hammered into the already pretty tightly nailed down coffin of the two-state solution.
The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.
MOSCOW—Every now and then I run into Anna Chapman at a nail salon called “Little Fingers” on Potapovsky Avenue in downtown Moscow.
Along the way, he accidentally embeds a nail in his foot, which is not symbolic at all.
The phrase means, “the nail that sticks out always gets hit by a hammer.”
Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
"Well, as far as public opinion goes, I s'pose Tom has hit the nail on the head," observed Bill.
He pulled his heavy sweater down off a nail and put it on, scowling because the sleeves had to be pulled in place on his arms.
He disliked the look of Cash's rough coat and sweater and cap, that hung on a nail over Cash's bunk.