粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
01
用#釘 釘實物件，令佢唔會郁來郁去 (to secure something by nailing it.)
動詞Examples
再釘實啲啦，你唔釘死佢一陣又甩出嚟。
Please nail it more firmly. If you don't, it will fall off again later.
02
一種古羅馬行刑方式，用釘將人釘響#十字架 上流血直至死亡 (an execution way of ancient Rome: to nail someone on a cross and let him bleed until die.)
Examples
耶穌被釘死喺十字架
Jesus had died nailed to the cross
03
搜集足夠證據成功令疑犯入罪，多用嚟形容檢控官、警察在法庭上對付被捕疑犯，詞義比#煮死 正面少少。 (Literally: to nail die. to collect sufficient evident to put a suspect in jail, mostly used to describe the prosecutors and police officers's law and court procedures toward a catch suspect. A bit more positive then "to cook die".)
Examples
人證物證齊晒，今次終於可以釘死呢個仆街。
eye-wisenesses and physcial evidence are all in our hands, finally we can put that sucker in jail.