quick
The sensitive skin under a fingernail or toenail. It can also describe the most sensitive or central part of a person's feelings.
Beispiele
3 von 5I cut my fingernail too short and hit the quick.
I cut the nail and touched the sensitive skin underneath.
The surgeon must be careful not to damage the quick of the nail bed.
The doctor must not hurt the sensitive skin under the nail.
Ouch! I bit my nail right down to the quick.
It hurts because I bit my nail to the skin.
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Merkhilfe
Think of your 'quick' nail—it is the 'alive' part of your finger that feels pain very 'quickly'!
Schnelles Quiz
He was so nervous that he bit his nails to the ____.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: quick
Beispiele
I cut my fingernail too short and hit the quick.
everydayI cut the nail and touched the sensitive skin underneath.
The surgeon must be careful not to damage the quick of the nail bed.
formalThe doctor must not hurt the sensitive skin under the nail.
Ouch! I bit my nail right down to the quick.
informalIt hurts because I bit my nail to the skin.
Research indicates that the quick contains many nerve endings.
academicStudies show there are many nerves in the sensitive nail skin.
His harsh feedback cut the manager to the quick.
businessHis mean words deeply hurt the manager's feelings.
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Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
cut to the quick
to cause deep emotional pain
the quick and the dead
a phrase referring to all people, living and deceased
bite your nails to the quick
to bite your nails very short because of stress
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Fast is an adjective or adverb for speed, while quick as a noun refers to a part of the nail.
Nutzungshinweise
As a noun, 'quick' is almost always used in phrases about fingernails or emotional pain. It is rarely used to mean speed in noun form.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often think 'quick' is only an adjective; they may not recognize it as a noun in the phrase 'cut to the quick'.
Merkhilfe
Think of your 'quick' nail—it is the 'alive' part of your finger that feels pain very 'quickly'!
Wortherkunft
From the Old English word 'cwic', which meant 'alive' or 'living'.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The phrase 'the quick and the dead' is a famous biblical reference often used in English literature.
Schnelles Quiz
He was so nervous that he bit his nails to the ____.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: quick
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