cut/sting/touch sb to the quick
to the quick 指触及最敏感、最痛的地方，常与 cut、sting、touch 等动词连用。
Her harsh words cut him to the quick.
她刻薄的话深深刺痛了他。
（指甲下的）嫩肉；敏感部位
要害；命脉；痛处；（板球的）快投手；绿篱用植物；匍匐冰草；生肉或敏感部位,尤指甲下
The sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails; any area of the body that is very sensitive to pain.
常作 the quick。
生肉或敏感部位,尤指甲下
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
身体上对疼痛高度敏感的区域(如皮肤下或指甲、趾甲下的肉)
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
用于制作绿篱的植物
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
生命,要害,易受重伤或敏感的部位
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
匍匐冰草
Quitchgrass.
快速投球手
A fast bowler.
When cutting your nails, be careful not to cut into the quick.
剪指甲时小心不要剪到活肉。
用法提示：此处 'the quick' 指指甲下方的敏感活肉。
Biting your nails too short can expose the quick and cause pain.
把指甲咬得太短会露出活肉并引起疼痛。
用法提示：'the quick' 指指甲下的嫩肉，暴露后敏感。
She filed her nail so deeply that she reached the quick.
她锉指甲锉得太深，伤到了活肉。
用法提示：'the quick' 指指甲床的敏感部位。
to the quick 指触及最敏感、最痛的地方，常与 cut、sting、touch 等动词连用。
Her harsh words cut him to the quick.
她刻薄的话深深刺痛了他。
the quick 指指甲或趾甲下对疼痛特别敏感的肉。
The quick of a fingernail is easily hurt.
指甲下的嫩肉很容易受伤。
quicks 用复数，指用来栽种成绿篱的植物。
They planted quicks along the field to make a hedge.
他们沿田边种下绿篱植物，用来做树篱。
grammar · medium
易错句子His remark cut me to quick.
正确表达His remark cut me to the quick.
在固定短语 cut to the quick 中，quick 是名词，特指敏感部位或要害，必须用定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子Her words cut me in the quick.
正确表达Her words cut me to the quick.
固定搭配是 cut to the quick，介词用 to 表示“触及到”；用 in 是受汉语“在……里”的影响，不符合英语习惯。
grammar · medium
易错句子His words cut me to the quicks.
正确表达His words cut me to the quick.
在 cut to the quick 这个固定短语中，quick 用单数形式，表示“要害/敏感处”；加 -s 变成复数不符合该习语。汉语名词无复数变化，学生容易误加 -s。
把指甲咬到露出嫩肉
He bites his nails to the quick when he is nervous.
他紧张时会咬指甲，一直咬到露出嫩肉。
指甲下的嫩肉
If you trim too deeply, you may damage the quick of the nail.
如果你剪得太深，可能会伤到指甲下的嫩肉。
深深伤害；触及要害
The criticism cut her to the quick.
那番批评深深刺痛了她。
quick 常指手指甲下方对疼痛敏感的嫩肉。
和手指甲一样，脚趾甲下也有 quick。
剪指甲时如果剪得太深，就会剪到 quick 而引起疼痛。
quick 部位是身体上高度敏感、易痛的区域。
碰到 quick 通常会感到剧烈疼痛。
生者与死者
The preacher reminded the congregation of the quick and the dead.
牧师提醒会众记念生者与死者。
深深伤害；刺痛
His careless remark cut her to the quick.
他漫不经心的话深深刺痛了她。
生者与死者。
This phrase comes from the Apostles' Creed, where God is said to come 'to judge the quick and the dead,' meaning the living and the dead. It is also the title of a 1995 American Western film, making it a well-known pop culture reference. Here 'quick' is used as a noun meaning 'the living'.
这个短语出自《使徒信经》，其中说上帝“来审判活人死人”，即生者和死者。它也是一部1995年美国西部片的片名，因此是一个知名的流行文化引用。这里的“quick”用作名词，意为“活着的人”。
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