finger

1. N-COUNT Your fingers are the long thin parts at the end of each hand, sometimes also including the thumb. 手指

She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room. 她突然举起一根瘦小的手指指向房间的另一头。

She ran her fingers through her hair. 她用手指捋了捋头发。

2. N-COUNT The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into. (手套的) 指套

He bit the fingers of his right glove and pulled it off. 他咬住右手手套的指套，把它扯了下来。

3. N-COUNT A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger. 指状物

...a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union. …一片分隔巴基斯坦和前苏联的狭长地带。

4. V-T If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers. 用手指触摸

He fingered the few coins in his pocket. 他用手指摸了摸他兜里的几枚硬币。

5. PHRASE If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck. (交叉手指以) 祈求好运

He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life. 他把手指交叉起来，平生第一次祈求好运。

6. PHRASE If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all. 动…一个指头[强调]

I must make it clear I never laid a finger on her. 我必须说清楚，我从未动过她一个指头。

7. PHRASE If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing. 尽举手之劳[表不满]

She never lifted a finger around the house. 她在家里从来没有帮过忙。

8. PHRASE If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong. 指责

He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone in the government or the army. 他说他并不是在指责政府或军队里的任何人。

9. PHRASE If you put your finger on something, for example, a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is. 确切地指出

Midge couldn't quite put her finger on the reason. 米吉不能非常确切地指出原因所在。