英语释义
1. sinew, tendon
strain every nerve
2. any of the filamentous bands of nervous tissue that connect parts of the nervous system with the other organs, conduct nerve impulses, and are made up of axons and dendrites together with protective and supportive structures
3. power of endurance or control fortitude, strength
4. assurance, boldness also presumptuous audacity gall
5. a sore or sensitive point
her remark touched a nerve
6. nervous agitation or irritability nervousness
a case of nerves
7. vein sense 2
8. the sensitive pulp of a tooth
9. to give strength or courage to supply with physical or moral force
10. one of the many thin parts that control movement and feeling by carrying messages between the brain and other parts of the body
11. courage that allows you to do something that is dangerous, difficult, or frightening
12. the rude attitude of someone who says or does things that make other people angry or upset
13. a bundle of nerve fibers that carries messages in the form of nerve impulses to or away from the brain and spinal cord
14. courage, boldness
“I've always wanted to do something like that … I just didn't have the nerve.”
— Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Loses Control
15. rude or disrespectful boldness
You've got a lot of nerve to talk to me that way.
16. feelings of worry
The groom suffered from nerves before the wedding.
17. the sensitive soft inner part of a tooth
18. any of the filamentous bands of nervous tissue that connect parts of the nervous system with the other organs, conduct nerve impulses, and are made up of axons and dendrites together with protective and supportive structures and that for the larger nerves have the fibers gathered into funiculi surrounded by a perineurium and the funiculi enclosed in a common epineurium
19. a state or condition of nervous agitation or irritability