英语词汇“thimble”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-现代词典

thimblethim‧ble /ˈθɪmbəl/ noun [countable]

WORD ORIGINthimble

Origin:

Old English thymel ‘thumb-protector’, from thuma; ➔ THUMB1

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

单词	thimble
释义	thimblethim‧ble /ˈθɪmbəl/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINthimble Origin: Old English thymel ‘thumb-protector’, from thuma; ➔ THUMB1 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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