[电磁] directive property，directionality，directivity ；

[例句] 而且所有声频均有指向性,声频愈高, 指向性愈强. The higher the acoustic frequency is, the stronger its directivity is.

[例句] 它表现在空间生产力发展的继承性 、 指向性 、 加速性和国际性四个方面. The inheritance that its performance grows in dimensional productivity, directivity, acceleration and internationally 4 respects.

pilot lamp，pilot light，guiding lights，indicator lamp，indicator light ；

[例句] 安全带指示灯一关掉，我们就冲了出去。 As soon as the seat belt sign had been switched off, we rushed out.

[例句] 在常规仪表板上指示灯的数目不断增加. The number of indicator lamps in conventional dashboards is increasing.

accuse，charge，accusation，indict ；

[例句] 他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。 He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

[例句] 但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。 But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.

fingertip，finger tip ；

[例句] 他能感到指尖正在变得麻木。 He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.

[例句] 他的手指从手套的破指尖处露了出来。 His fingers poked through the worn tips of his gloves.

appoint，name，designate，assign，call on ；

[例句] 接受急性脱瘾治疗的病人身边会有一名指派的护士看护。 A patient going through acute detox will have an assigned nurse nearby.

[例句] 当我不在时,我指派你来代替我. I'm designating you to act for me while I am away.

ankylodactylia，syndactylia，dactylosymphysis，syndactyl(e) ；

[例句] 我用肘碰了她一下并指了指街对面的那个男的. I nudged her and pointed to the man across the street.

[例句] 把这年轻人带上岸并指给他去劳务市场的路. Take the young man ashore with you and show him the way to the labour market.

fingerprint，finger mark ；

[例句] 她小心地把油漆上的指印擦掉. She carefully rubbed off the finger mark from the paint.

[例句] 记着, 迈克, 别担心指印问题, 枪托和扳机都是用特制带缠好的. Remember, Mike, don't worry about prints. The butt and trigger are fixed with special tape.

(finger) ring，finger ring ；

[例句] 戒指内侧有一层厚厚的锈斑。 The tarnish lay thick on the inside of the ring.

[例句] 她低下头轻吻大主教的戒指。 She bowed her head and kissed the Archbishop's ring.

fingerpost，guide，vade mecum，handbook，directory ；

[例句] 就是这个，伙计们，业内最好的唱片指南。 This is it, folks: the best record guide in the business.

[例句] 指南上有对每个饭店的简评。 The guide book contains a short write-up of each hotel.

dactylus （甲壳类），dactylopodite，[无脊椎] knuckle ；

[例句] 她的手握得越来越紧，指节都变白了。 Her knuckles whiten as she clenches her hands harder.

[例句] 细小的、柔软白皙的指节,法文该怎么说? How do you say blond little cushioned knuckles in French?

show clearly，demonstrate，point out，designate ；

[例句] 他的话给我指明了前进的方向. What he said is a lamp to my feet.

[例句] 数千只灯笼慢慢向大海漂去,给死人返回阴间指明道路. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journery to the other world.

ring ；

[例句] 她翻了三个抽屉之后才找到指环. She rummaged three drawers before she found her ring.

[例句] 他中指上戴着指环. He wears a ring on his middle finger.

compass ；

[例句] 地图和指南针 a map and compass

[例句] 我们不得不依靠指南针和不错的运气找到这儿来。 We had to rely on a compass and a lot of luck to get here.

point out，lay [put] one's finger on，remind of，refer sb. to，index ；

[例句] 我应该指出，这些估算仅包括医院的费用。 I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures.

[例句] 他们会认真分析那个问题，指出其症结所在。 They will take that problem apart and analyze it in great detail.

big toe，pollex，[医] first finger，thumb ；

[例句] 我用拇指指甲把台灯上的螺钉拧紧了。 I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.

[例句] 芬克尔斯坦小姐会为你包扎拇指的。 Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.

make a general reference，refer to sth. in general，be used in a general sense ；

[例句] 当我们用 he 时, 我们泛指男女. When we use " he " , we generalize for both sex.

[例句] “ 江湖 ” 过去泛指四方各地. The term " rivers and lakes " in old days meant in general all corners of the country.

index finger，forefinger，index，first finger ；

[例句] 弗兰妮把食指放在嘴唇上让她安静。 Frannie shushed her with a forefinger to the lips.

[例句] 他用拇指和食指捏着笔。 He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger.

a short moment，fillip ；

[例句] 弹指之间, 战争的风云又重新布满了天空. In a remarkably short space of time, the clouds of war returned.

[例句] 弹指一挥间, 三十年过去了. In an instant, thirty years has passed.

indicative，demonstrative，[计] indicant，denotative，indicatory ；

[例句] 请顺着墙上箭头指示的方向走. Follow the arrows on the wall, please.

[例句] 在什么温度时华氏温度计和摄氏温度计指示的读数相同? At what temperature do Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers give the same numerical reading?

articulationes digitorum manus，digital joints，phalangeal joints，knuckle ；

[例句] 布伦达握紧椅子扶手时指关节都变白了。 Brenda's knuckles were white as she gripped the arms of the chair.

[例句] 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。 He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened.