The gesture for OK, making a circle with one’s thumb and index finger , has different meanings in different cultures.

表示OK的手势，即用拇指和食指做个圆圈，在不同的文化中也有不同的含义。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

Her finger got trapped in the door.

她的手指被门夹住了。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

When she was sewing she pricked her finger and made it bleed

她在缝纫时刺破了手指，出了血。

属类：学习英语-同义词辨析-

It’s a pity he lifts the little finger so much.

可惜他太爱喝酒了。

属类：学习英语-修辞篇-饮酒

I brought my finger close to the key and felt a light but very clear electric shock.

我把自己的手指靠近钥匙，感到了轻微但很明显的电击。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

I cut my finger on a piece of glass.

我被一块玻璃割伤手指。

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

The finger (that)I put into my mouth wasn’t the one (the)I had dipped into the cup.

我放入嘴里的那个指头不是我浸到杯中的那一个。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

We can also check a person’s pulse by putting a finger on the person’s neck or wrist.

我们还可以把一个手指搭在受伤人的脖子或手腕上，测一测他的脉搏。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高二上

I am sure the priest himself cannot say such beautiful things as you do, though he lives in a three-storeyed house, and wears a gold ring on his little finger .

我相信，就连我们的牧师，尽管他住的是三层楼房，小手指上带着金戒指，也讲不出你这样美妙的话来。

属类：学习英语-许国璋英语-忠实的朋友

I shook my head and held up a finger indicating that I was willing to pay five pounds.

我摇摇头伸出5根手指表，示我只愿出5英镑钱。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

I stood at his left, my finger on the button, waiting for the order.

我站在他左边，手指放在按钮上，等候命令。

属类：学习英语-语法例句-

The “crazy” gesture, moving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear, earns “you have a phone call” in Brazil.

用食指在耳旁划一个圈的“神经病”手势在巴西意味着“有你的电话”。

属类：学习英语-教材英语-高一课文

When reading articles, we can point at the words with our finger or pen point and our eyes move with the finger quickly so that we are able to read very fast.

阅读时用手指或笔尖指向文章字句并快速移动来迫使我们的眼睛快速随手指或笔尖移动来强化我们的阅读速度.

属类：学习英语-学习建议-

1:Here are a few others.2:The first person to enter a home on New Year’s Day is called a first-footer in some places.3:What do you call dust or lint that collects in pockets and under beds?4:Some Americans call it flug.5:And finally, getting the runaround is not a regional term; it means getting purposely delayed or lied to.[...]116:But to some, runaround is an old term for a swelling or infection in a finger , especially around the nail. Yuck!

1:这还有另几个单词。2:在一些地方，元旦第一个进你家门的人被称为first-footer（元旦首位来客）。3:你怎么称呼床下卷集成团的灰尘或棉絮？4:一些美国人称之为flug。5:最后，getting the runaround不是一个地方性说法。它的意思是故意拖延或欺骗。[...]116:但对一些地方来说，runaround是一种古老说法，用于描述手指，特别是指甲周围的肿胀或感染。这好恶心啊！

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：《美国地区英语词典》最后一册出版