nail biter

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,方便你先看懂它的意思。

nail biternoun

  • 1

    One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails.

    • But Victor did not reveal any behavior disorder, did not pick his nose, did not suck his thumb, was not even a nail biter.
  • 2

    A situation which causes anxiety, suspense, nervousness or discomfort.

    • It was a real nail biter waiting for the test results.
    • And in a shockingly misogynistic ad, Republicans placed an image of O’Connor in a huddle of three supposedly nightmarish mascots of liberalism, all women: Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton. O’Connor absorbed all of this and still turned the race into a nail-biter.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。