Word · Frequency #1431
quicks
（指甲下的）嫩肉；敏感部位
quicks is the plural of quick.
The sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails; any area of the body that is very sensitive to pain.
常作 the quick。
- 1.
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
生肉或敏感部位,尤指甲下
- 2.
any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
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)
- 3.
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
用于制作绿篱的植物
- 4.
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
生命,要害,易受重伤或敏感的部位
- 5.
Quitchgrass.
匍匐冰草
- 6.
A fast bowler.
快速投球手
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
In use
When cutting your nails, be careful not to cut into the quick.
Biting your nails too short can expose the quick and cause pain.
She filed her nail so deeply that she reached the quick.
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the quick and the dead
- 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。
- cut to the quick
- 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。
Learner notes
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’。
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。
Grammar Note
作名词时通常用单数，常跟介词 of 连用，如 'the quick of the nail'。
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。
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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