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单词 hair's breadth
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Definition of hair's breadth in English:

hair's breadth

noun
  • A very small amount or margin.

    you escaped death by a hair's breadth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also our understanding that we missed two of the remaining three key indicators by a hair's breadth.
    • We came within a hair's breadth of finishing the demo last night - in fact we finished it in a way, in that we completed the vocals and used up the last available tracks on the recording.
    • Dig deeper, however, and what emerges is an Australian team that, for all its problems, has been just a hair's breadth off the top teams in the world this season.
    • They were never going to accept that and the idea that they were within a hair's breadth of a deal is simply wrong.
    • We were a hair's breadth away from declaring a major incident.
    • And as one character puts it, ‘We are a hair's breadth away from the biggest thing anyone has ever seen.’
    • In the first there was a simple, understandable lapse which every driver knows that he or she has avoided on occasions only by a hair's breadth.
    • Last year the two came within a hair's breadth of a land-for-peace deal.
    • Nevertheless, I must confess that today I came within a hair's breadth of spraying shaving cream under my arms instead of deodorant.
    • The cops responded with tear gas and water cannons, coming within a hair's breadth of starting a stampede on several occasions.
    Synonyms
    the narrowest of margins, a narrow margin, the skin of one's teeth, a split second, a fraction, a nose
    informal a whisker
 
 

Definition of hair's breadth in US English:

hair's breadth

noun
  • A very small amount or margin.

    you escaped death by a hair's breadth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cops responded with tear gas and water cannons, coming within a hair's breadth of starting a stampede on several occasions.
    • And as one character puts it, ‘We are a hair's breadth away from the biggest thing anyone has ever seen.’
    • It is also our understanding that we missed two of the remaining three key indicators by a hair's breadth.
    • They were never going to accept that and the idea that they were within a hair's breadth of a deal is simply wrong.
    • We were a hair's breadth away from declaring a major incident.
    • In the first there was a simple, understandable lapse which every driver knows that he or she has avoided on occasions only by a hair's breadth.
    • Dig deeper, however, and what emerges is an Australian team that, for all its problems, has been just a hair's breadth off the top teams in the world this season.
    • We came within a hair's breadth of finishing the demo last night - in fact we finished it in a way, in that we completed the vocals and used up the last available tracks on the recording.
    • Nevertheless, I must confess that today I came within a hair's breadth of spraying shaving cream under my arms instead of deodorant.
    • Last year the two came within a hair's breadth of a land-for-peace deal.
    Synonyms
    the narrowest of margins, a narrow margin, the skin of one's teeth, a split second, a fraction, a nose
 
 
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