thimble
发音
英 [ˈθɪmbl]
美 [ˈθɪmbəl]
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- n.
- （缝纫用的）顶针
- 针箍
- 套筒
- 套管
单词词源
thimble 顶针，顶箍
来自 thumb,大拇指，-le,工具格后缀。原义为包大拇指的小皮套，引申词义顶针，顶箍。
双语例句
- 1. Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble , though it is put on the third finger .
- 词源学只能问，为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针，但它却是在中指上使用的。
- 2. In he hopped , and laid the great ruby on the table beside the woman 's thimble .
- 他跳进屋里，将硕大的红宝石放在那女人顶针旁的桌子上。
- 3. I think I 'll be the thimble .
- 我想我会选顶针。
- 4. You misplace or accidentally contaminate a tiny drop of liquid while pipetting into a tube that 's smaller than a thimble , and your experiment fails .
- 在向比顶针还要小的管子中移夜的时候，你放错了或者是不小心沾染上一小滴液体，实验就会失败。
- 5. The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family .
- 女裁缝回答说，她的顶针掉进水里，她很需要它来帮助丈夫维持家庭生活。