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单词 hairsbreadth
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hairs•breadth or hair's-breadth /ˈhɛrzˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛθ/USA pronunciation   n., adj. 
  1. hairbreadth.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hairs•breadth  (hârz′bredth′, -bretth′, -breth′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a very small space or distance:We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.

adj. 
  1. extremely narrow or close.
Also, hair's′-breadth′, hairbreadth. 
  • 1575–85

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hair•breadth /ˈhɛrˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛθ/USA pronunciation  also hairs•breadth /ˈhɛrzˌbrɛdθ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a very small space or distance:to escape by a hairbreadth.

adj. 
  1. extremely narrow or close:a hairbreadth escape.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hair•breadth  (hâr′bredth′, -bretth′),USA pronunciation n., adj. 
  1. hairsbreadth.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English heere brede; see hair, breadth

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hair's-breadth n
  1. a very short or imperceptible margin or distance
  2. (as modifier): a hair's-breadth escape
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