hangnail

['hæŋneil]

n. 手指头的倒拉刺

例句与用法：

If I were a gravedigger, or even a hangman, there are some people I can work for with a great deal of pleasure.

如果我是个掘墓人，甚至是执行绞刑者的话，对一些人，我非常愿意为他们效劳。

n.

肉刺

hangnail

hangnail['hæŋneil]n.1.■(指甲旁的)倒刺，逆皮刺

1. a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail
   逆刺皮（手指甲跟处擦破的皮）
   

1. late 17th cent.: alteration of agnail 'painful swelling around a nail' (from Old English angnægl, denoting a corn on the toe), influenced by hang
   

hangnail

名词 hangnail:

a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected

同义词：agnail

hangnail

■It's an environment that is at once trashy and highly exacting: every hangnail a sin, every eye-bag a crime.

但现在我更喜欢自然一些”凯利又补充说“很多人认为人们不应该去做整容，而我却不是这么想的，我觉得每个人都可以做自己想做的事情”。

■If one of your pros is “will make a million dollars” and one of your cons is “might get a hangnail”, they don't exactly cancel each other out.

例如，有个好处是"可以挣到百万美金"，有个坏处是“可能手指头会有倒刺”，这样的利弊是无法对等，相互抵消的。

■The San Antonio Spurs would normally be resting Tim Duncan's turf toe or having Manu Ginobili's hangnail evaluated at this time of year, but this season has been markedly different.

往年，这个时候马刺该让邓肯这马蹄歇歇了，该看看吉诺比利的手指头的倒拉刺检查检查了，但是，今年不行。

■I have a hangnail, and my heart is-what?

我指甲旁有个肉刺，我的心- 什麽？

■If one of your pros is “will make a million dollars” and one of your cons is “might get a hangnail”, they don’t exactly cancel each other out.

这就是说任何复杂的问题，当影响其得因素平均超过7个时，清醒的头脑就容不下了，就影响了有效的思考运作，结果就是不能很好的作出选择了。