| 单词 | finger breadth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger breadth finger breadth n. (also finger's-breadth) the width of a finger used as a measure. Cf. sense 2a. [Compare Middle Dutch vingerbreet (Dutch vingerbreed; also vingerbreedte (19th cent.)), Old Icelandic fingrar breidd.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > breadth of finger fingereOE fingermealc1175 finger breadtha1535 digit1625 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. sig. A.ii Neyther one fynger breadth of space, nor one minute of tyme from you. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. vi. f. 181v Foure barley kernels couched close together side by side..are saide to make a finger breadth. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. x. 186 Spain, was indeed within her fingers breadth of destruction. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Fingers-breadth, a Measure of two Barley Corn's Length, or 4 laid side to side. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 205 It does not desire a single finger-breadth more than what is necessary. 2014 Eastbourne Herald (Nexis) 14 May If you're feeling nauseous on your journey, try pressing your index and middle fingers between the two tendons on the inside of your wrist, about three finger breadths below the base of your palm. < as lemmas |
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