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hangnail

/hang-neyl/US // ˈhæŋˌneɪl //UK // (ˈhæŋˌneɪl) //

挂甲,绞刑架,绞杀,绞刑

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small piece of partly detached skin at the side or base of the fingernail.

Examples

  • He said in an audible tone that the New Yorker was a human hangnail, no matter where he was born.

  • But it did matter to me that I had to dine on this hangnail pared from a sheep.