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nail-biter

N 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈneɪlˌbaɪ.tər]
  • 美式音标 [ˈneɪlˌbaɪ.t̬ɚ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 紧张局势；紧张的故事

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • It wasn’t exactly a nail-biter: On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 63-37.
    局面不算是紧张:星期四,参议院以63比37的表决,确认了埃琳娜.卡根为最高法院大法官。
  • The loss in Virginia, and a nail-biter in North Carolina yet to be decided, mean the Republican hold on the South is cracking.
    弗吉尼亚州的失利，以及北卡罗来纳州的胶着状态意味着共和党在南部的阵营正在瓦解。
  • In what turned out to be an embarrassing nail-biter, Mr Bloomberg won by just 5%, days after polls had showed him to be ahead by double digits.
    由此形成了一个尴尬紧张的局面，在民意调查表明他占有两位数优势后数天，布隆伯格仅胜出5％。

    • 权威例句

  • We were watching the Red Sox as we were flying home -- a nail-biter.
    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
  • Especially now, with Nasdaq at nail-biter heights and, more worrisome yet, with Greenspan's guns trained on stocks?
    FORBES: Digital Rules
  • Working in Utah County, most of my colleagues are BYU fans, excited at their nail-biter comeback the other night against Iona.
    FORBES: Are You Watching the Game?

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a sports event or film that is exciting because you do not know how it will end

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • a person who bites his or her nails