nerve
Từ điển Collocation
nerve noun
1 in the body
ADJ. sensitive, trapped | facial, optic, spinal, etc.
VERB + NERVE damage, strain, trap I've trapped a nerve in my spine.
NERVE + VERB go, lead, run The nerve runs from the eye to the brain. | transmit sth The nerves transmit pain. | throb He lay awake, his nerves throbbing.
NERVE + NOUN cell, end, ending, fibre, tissue | pathway | impulse | damage, injury | gas
PREP. along a/the ~ The message travels along the nerve to the brain. | ~ in He's been off work with a trapped nerve in his back. | ~ to Cutting the nerves to the stomach does not affect hunger.
PHRASES every nerve in sb's body Intense pain shot through every nerve in his body. | hit a nerve, touch a [sensitive/raw] nerve [figurative] My remarks about divorce had unwittingly touched a raw nerve.
2 nerves: mental state
ADJ. good, steady | bad, frayed, ragged, shattered, taut At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.
VERB + NERVE stretch Her nerves were stretched to breaking point.
NERVE + VERB be on edge After the bomb, my nerves were on edge. | jangle His nerves jangled every time the phone rang. | stand I'm not sure my nerves can stand another night like this.
PREP. ~s for Skydiving is all right for people who've got the nerves for it.
PHRASES a battle/war of nerves The union has been fighting a war of nerves with the management over pay. | get on sb's nerves His endless whining really gets on my nerves. | nerves of steel You need nerves of steel to be a good poker player. | a strain on sb's nerves Looking after him while he was so ill has been a great strain on her nerves.
3 nerves: nervous state
ADJ. exam, first-night I've never suffered from first-night nerves.
VERB + NERVE calm, control, soothe, steady She took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves. | suffer from
PHRASES an attack of nerves I had an attack of nerves just before I went on stage. | a bag/bundle/mass of nerves By the time of the interview, I was a bundle of nerves.
4 courage
ADJ. sufficient
VERB + NERVE have I didn't have the nerve to ask. | lack | lose At the last minute she almost lost her nerve. | keep He kept his nerve to win a thrilling match. | find You must find the nerve to ask for more money. | take It took a lot of nerve to stand up and speak.
NERVE + VERB break, crack, fail [sb] At the last moment her nerve failed her.
PHRASES a failure/loss of nerve, a test of nerve Singing in front of so many people was a real test of nerve.
Từ điển WordNet
- any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body; nervus
- the courage to carry on; heart, mettle, spunk
he kept fighting on pure spunk
you haven't got the heart for baseball
- impudent aggressiveness; boldness, brass, face, cheek
I couldn't believe her boldness
he had the effrontery to question my honesty
n.
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant; steel
v.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
nerves|nerved|nerving
syn.: bravado courage daring mettle stamina strength
ant.: unnerve
steadying
steady /'stedi/
- tính từ
- vững, vững chắc, vững vàng
- steady as a rock: vững như bàn thạch
- điều đặn, đều đều
- to go at a steady pace: đi đều bước
- to require a steady light: cần ánh sáng đều
- a steady rise in prices: giá cả cứ lên đều đều
- a steady gaze: cái nhìn chằm chằm không rời
- kiên định, không thay đổi
- to be steady in one's principles: kiên định trong nguyên tắc
- vững vàng, bình tĩnh, điềm tĩnh
- steady nerves: tinh thần vững vàng, cân não vững vàng
- đứng đắn, chính chắn
- steady!
- hãy bình tĩnh!, không nên vội vã!
- steady on!
- thôi! dừng lại!
- keep her steady!
- [hàng hải] hãy giữ hướng đầu tàu!, không đổi hướng đầu tàu!
- vững, vững chắc, vững vàng
- ngoại động
từ
- làm cho vững, làm cho vững chắc, làm cho vững vàng
- to steady a table: chêm bàn cho vững
- làm cho kiên định
- hatred will steady him: lòng căm thù sẽ làm cho anh ta kiên định
- làm cho vững, làm cho vững chắc, làm cho vững vàng
- nội động từ
- trở nên vững vàng, trở nên vững chắc
- trở nên kiên định
- danh từ
- [kỹ thuật] bệ bỡ
- [từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ], [thông tục] người yêu chính thức
Lĩnh vực: cơ khí & công trình
end support for steadying horizontal spindle |
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