Around the bottom of each fingernail and toenail there is a thin strip of harder skin that sits against the nail. That is the cuticle.

Around the bottom of each fingernail and toenail在每個手指甲和腳趾甲的根部周圍, there is有 a thin strip of harder skin一條比較硬的薄皮 that sits against the nail緊貼著指甲。 That那 is the cuticle就是cuticle（指緣）。

It is not the nail itself, and it is not the soft skin of the rest of your finger; it is that little rim that nail shops push back or trim.

It它 is not the nail itself不是指甲本身, and而 it is not the soft skin of the rest of your finger也不是手指其他部位的軟皮; it它 is that little rim是那一圈小小的邊緣 that nail shops push back or trim美甲店會把它往後推或修剪掉的。

People talk about cuticle cream and cuticle care. It is a body-care word — not slang, not stiffly formal.

People人們 talk about cuticle cream and cuticle care會說cuticle cream（指緣霜）和cuticle care（指緣保養）。 It它 is a body-care word是個身體保養類的字 — not slang不是俚語, not stiffly formal也不會太生硬正式。

In science the same family of ideas can mean a thin outer covering on a plant or an insect, but the meaning you meet in ordinary life is the one around your nails.

In science在科學裡, the same family of ideas同一個概念家族 can mean可以指 a thin outer covering on a plant or an insect植物或昆蟲表面的一層薄薄外皮, but但是 the meaning you meet in ordinary life你日常生活會遇到的意思 is the one around your nails是指甲周圍的那個。

English borrowed the word from Latin cuticula, a small 'skin' (from cutis, skin). It is a learned borrowing: a school-Latin word, not one that grew up in everyday English. It has a twin form, cuticula, from that same Latin word.

English英文 borrowed the word從拉丁文cuticula借來這個字 from Latin cuticula, a small ‘skin’是「小小的皮膚」 (from cutis, skin)（源自cutis，意思是皮膚）。 It它 is a learned borrowing是個學術性的外來語: a school-Latin word是個學院拉丁文的字, not one that grew up in everyday English不是從日常英文裡長出來的字。 It它 has a twin form還有一個雙胞胎形式, cuticula也就是cuticula, from that same Latin word來自同一個拉丁字。