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单词 matchstick
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matchstick

(mætʃstɪk)
Word forms: plural matchsticks
1. countable noun
A matchstick is the wooden part of a match.
Use a pointed object such as a broken matchstick.
2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
You can refer to something very small or thin as a matchstick.
Cut the cucumber into matchsticks.
...children with matchstick legs.

matchstick in British English

(ˈmætʃˌstɪk)
noun
1. 
the wooden part of a match
adjective
2. 
made with or as if with matchsticks
a matchstick model
3. 
(esp of figures drawn with single strokes) thin and straight
matchstick men

matchstick in American English

(ˈmætʃˌstɪk)
noun
1. 
the thin piece of wood, cardboard, etc. of a match
2. 
something thin like this

Examples of 'matchstick' in a sentence
matchstick

A policeman had taken off his jacket and sat with his feet on the desk, a telephone to his ear, a matchstick exploring his teeth.
Brierley, David SKORPION'S DEATH (1994)
A slim reed of a man wearing a raincoat and a porkpie hat stood chewing a matchstick, hands thrust inside his pockets.
Forbes, Colin COVER STORY (1994)
She was a wiry haired woman, thin as a matchstick in her long tweed skirt and shapeless blouse.
Fraser, Christine Marion NOBLE BEGINNNINGS (1994)
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