| 单词 | a pin's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pin's head (also point) 8. a pin's head (also point): a type of something very small, insignificant, or worthless. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg > parts of pin a pin's head (also point)c1450 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > typical examples of little fingerc1300 pear1340 hair1377 flea1388 a pin's head (also point)c1450 fitch1550 mouse1584 minnow1596 the pestle of a lark1598 nutshella1616 pinhead1662 pinpoint1670 rope yarn1751 bee's knee1797 peanut1864 postage stamp1881 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 7 If she wolde..But graunt me, loo, liche to a pynnys hed Part of hiris. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bviiv It is nat so moche as a pynnes poynte, compared to the hole erth. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 63 It had not beene a Pins-poynt matter. I should haue set light by it. 1698 S. Crisp Christ Exalted 61 Man's Law will not hang a Man for stealing a Pins head. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 224 Not one had made a pin's point impression on a heart impenetrable to the true love-passion. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 301 The eggs are no larger than pins points. 1805 G. Colman Who wants Guinea? iii. i. 31 Andrew. That's tellings.—He ha' put I upon honour. Mrs. Glaston. Put you upon a pin's head! I wou'dn't give a farthing for your honour. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 76 We did not lose the value of a pin's head. 1925 Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids) 19 Sept. 6/5 Folks who wouldn't steal a pin's point from anybody, will take everything they can from a hotel. 2003 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 23 July 13 Now—being as fair as possible to the Government—this is dancing on a pin's head. < as lemmas |
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