n. 手指, 指状物, (手套的)手指部分, 指针

vt. 用手指拨弄, 伸出

vi. 用手指拨弄, 伸出

[计] 网络命令

[医] 指

Finger \Fin"ger\ (f[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), n. [AS. finger; akin to D.
vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan.
finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E.
fang.]
1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit;
esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than
the thumb.

2. Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer
of a clock, watch, or other registering machine;
especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece,
which is brought into contact with an object to effect,
direct, or restrain a motion.

3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a
measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a
measure in domestic use in the United States, of about
four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.

A piece of steel three fingers thick. --Bp. Wilkins.

4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a
musical instrument. [R.]

She has a good finger. --Busby.

{Ear finger}, the little finger.

{Finger alphabet}. See {Dactylology}.

{Finger bar}, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or
fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and
reaping machines play.

{Finger board} (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument
against which the fingers press the strings to vary the
tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.

{Finger bowl} {Finger glass}, a bowl or glass to hold water
for rinsing the fingers at table.

{Finger flower} (Bot.), the foxglove.

{Finger grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Panicum sanguinale})
with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See
{Crab grass}, under {Crab}.

{Finger nut}, a fly nut or thumb nut.

{Finger plate}, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a
painted or polished door from finger marks.

{Finger post}, a guide post bearing an index finger.

{Finger reading}, reading printed in relief so as to be
sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.

{Finger shell} (Zo["o]l.), a marine shell ({Pholas dactylus})
resembling a finger in form.

{Finger sponge} (Zo["o]l.), a sponge having finger-shaped
lobes, or branches.

{Finger stall}, a cover or shield for a finger.

{Finger steel}, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's
knife.

{To burn one's fingers}. See under {Burn}.

{To have a finger in}, to be concerned in. [Colloq.]

{To have at one's fingers' ends}, to be thoroughly familiar
with. [Colloq.]


Finger \Fin"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fingered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fingering}.]
1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Let the papers lie;
You would be fingering them to anger me. --Shak.

2. To touch lightly; to toy with.

3. (Mus.)
(a) To perform on an instrument of music.
(b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide
the fingers in playing.

4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. --Shak.

5. To execute, as any delicate work.


Finger \Fin"ger\, v. i. (Mus.)
To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. --Busby.