fingernail
意味
- 指のつめ
例文
One of Tom's bad habits is biting his fingernails.
トムの悪い癖の1つは、爪を噛むことだね。
I can't find my fingernail clippers.
爪切りが見当たらないんだよ。
Green peas are high in iron and contain nutrients that improve the colour of fingernails.
グリーンピースは鉄分が豊富で爪の色がよくなる成分が含まれている。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).