| 词汇 | pocket-handkerchief |
| 释义 | pocket handkerchief noun[ C ] uk /ˌpɒk.ɪt ˈhæŋ.kə.tʃiːf/ us /ˌpɑː.kɪt ˈhæŋ.kɚ.tʃiːf/pluralpocket handkerchiefs or pocket handkerchieves old-fashioned forhandkerchief手帕（handkerchief老式说法） Vinson Motas/EyeEm/GettyImages Gloves & accessories aviator glasses bandeau bell boutonniere brolly buttonhole eyewear fascinator fingerless glove gloved handkerchief mitten muff parasol pashmina rosette tiepin umbrella utility belt pocket-handkerchief adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌpɒk.ɪtˈhæŋ.kə.tʃiːf/ us /ˌpɑː.kɪtˈhæŋ.kɚ.tʃiːf/ used to describe a garden or field that is very small and usually square: （花园或田野）呈小方形的 She lives in a tiny cottage with a pocket-handkerchief garden.她住一个极小的农舍里，有一个很小的花园。 Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf midget miniaturized missy modest modestly no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken skimpily wee You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Patterns and shapes Geography: areas of land in general Examples of pocket handkerchiefpocket handkerchief Sharing everything with your neighbours, haven't even got a bit of garden to call your own except for that pockethandkerchief out there. The more he was interrupted, the sooner he got to his motor mower and the pockethandkerchief to put it on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would agree that it would be very hard to get a farm on the scale of a pockethandkerchief in those inaccessible islands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I represent a constituency that is a mixture of the two, if anyone can imagine an empire tied to a pockethandkerchief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A helicopter can land on a pockethandkerchief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is occupied by garden plots which are of the average size of a pockethandkerchief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And we must see that in a world context, where it is only the size of a pockethandkerchief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know a case in my constituency where a motor mower has been sent out to mow a lawn the size of a pockethandkerchief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the organic aid scheme, instead of being cut off for the next two years, were slightly larger than a pockethandkerchief, farmers might be able to stop using pesticides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is no pockethandkerchief size operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had a family (a wife and children) at one point, but lost them as one loses a pockethandkerchief. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was composed of four deep flounces of exquisite fineness, nearly covering the dress, with lace for train, veil and pockethandkerchief "en suite". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is about as big as a good-sized pockethandkerchief. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other aerodromes were pocket handkerchiefs, a couple of fields owned by municipalities or private flyers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it has any airfields at all, they are mere pocket handkerchiefs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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