Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1431
quick
(指甲下的)嫩肉;敏感部位
核心释义
常作 the quick。
The sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails; any area of the body that is very sensitive to pain.
- 1.
生肉或敏感部位,尤指甲下
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
- 2.
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)
- 3.
用于制作绿篱的植物
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
- 4.
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.
- 5.
匍匐冰草
Quitchgrass.
- 6.
快速投球手
A fast bowler.
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
用法In use
When cutting your nails, be careful not to cut into the quick.
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.
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.
用法提示:'the quick' 指指甲床的敏感部位。
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。
the quick of sth
the quick 指指甲或趾甲下对疼痛特别敏感的肉。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- bite your nails to the quick
- 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。
- the quick of the nail
- 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。
- cut to the quick
- 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。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- the quick and the dead
- 生者与死者
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
碰到指甲下的嫩肉,人会很快(quick)缩手:名词 quick 就指‘嫩肉、要害、命脉’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:谈论指甲或趾甲下的嫩肉、文学作品或正式语体(如 the quick and the dead)、园艺(用于制作绿篱的植物)、板球运动(指快速投球手) 该词的语体随义项变化:最常见的是“指甲下的嫩肉”这一日常用法,多用于口语和一般叙述;而在“the quick and the dead(生者与死者)”等表达中偏正式或文学;园艺和板球义项则用于相应专业语境。
语法说明Grammar Note
作名词时通常用单数,常跟介词 of 连用,如 'the quick of the nail'。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 quick 押韵,因为它们都以 /ɪk/ 结尾(重读元音 /ɪ/ 和尾辅音 /k/ 相同)。注意:quick 的拼写是 qu- + -ick,发音含 /kw/;但押韵只看重读音节之后的音。小心拼写相似的 lookalike:quit /kwɪt/、quiche /kiːʃ/ 发音不同,不押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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