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单词
thimble
释义
thimble
thim‧ble
/
ˈθɪmb
ə
l
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
thimble
Origin:
Old English
thymel
‘thumb-protector’
, from
thuma
;
➔
THUMB
1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A child's game of hunt the
thimble
doesn't feel creative.
Agnes, open that sewing box and pass me a
thimble
, will you?
He had the brains of a
thimble
.
If Miss Bingham's idea for the band came to anything Henry just might ask him about playing that washboard with
thimbles
.
The beer bottle played in his big hands like a
thimble
.
The first person to find the
thimble
hides it the next time.
The Phantom looks simple: A
thimble
is attached to a jointed arm made of black steel rods.
The shoe and the
thimble
in Monopoly have been replaced with little pills that help us along to Boardwalk.
a small metal or plastic cap used to protect your finger when you are sewing
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