English Dictionary

finger

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɪŋɡə/

名詞

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(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. / The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.

日本語の意味

人間の手にある細長く関節のある指（通常、親指は含まれない） / 節足動物の爪の下部、あるいは小さい部分

She brushed a stray hair behind her ear with the tip of her finger.

彼女は指先で耳のそばのはみ出した髪の毛を払った。

意味（1）

(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.

Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.

意味（2）

The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.

意味（3）

One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.

意味（4）

One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).

意味（5）

(cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.

chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers

意味（6）

(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.

An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube.

意味（7）

(UK regional, botany, usually in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).

意味（8）

(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.

意味（9）

(anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.

意味（10）

(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.

意味（11）

The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.

意味（12）

(nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.

意味（13）

(aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.

意味（14）

(computing theory) A leaf in a finger tree data structure.

意味（15）

(obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.

意味（16）

(US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.

意味（17）

(US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.

意味（18）

(US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.

意味（19）

(figuratively) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.

The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.

意味（20）

(historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).

a piece of steel three fingers thick

意味（21）

(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).

意味（22）

(historical) Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.

意味（23）

(originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.

Gimme three fingers of bourbon.

意味（24）

(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.

意味（25）

(informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.

A performer capable of doing justice to rapid or expressive passages, is said to have a good finger

意味（26）

(informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.

意味（27）

(UK slang) A person.

意味（28）

(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.

意味（29）

(radio) Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.

意味（30）

(vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.

fingers （ plural ）