| 单词 | thimble |
| 释义 | thimble —thimblelike, adj. /thim"beuhl/, n. 1. a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing. 2. Mech. any of various similar devices or attachments. 3. Naut. a metal ring with a concave groove on the outside, used to line the outside of a ring of rope forming an eye. 4. a sleeve of sheet metal passing through the wall of a chimney, for holding the end of a stovepipe or the like. 5. a thimble-shaped printing element with raised characters on the exterior: used in a type of electronic typewriter or computer printer (thimble printer). [bef. 1000; ME thym(b)yl, OE thymel; akin to ON thumall thumb of a glove. See THUMB, -LE] |
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