单词 | thimbleful |
释义 | thimbleful (once / 24779 pages) n WORD FAMILY thimbleful: thimblefuls+/thimble: thimbleful, thimbles USAGE EXAMPLESMy thimbleful was entrancing: It tasted of black fruit, a little earth, maybe the sweat, hopes and fears of the crew who fashioned it. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) "Some of the other rare minerals are also only known from a thimbleful," he told Reuters. Reuters(Feb 12, 2016) Wedging his thumb under a shrimp’s head, he extracted a thimbleful of topaz blue eggs. New York Times(Oct 15, 2015) n as much as a thimble will hold Syn|Hyper thimble containerful the quantity that a container will hold |
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