| 词汇 | thimble |
| 释义 | thimble noun[ C ] uk /ˈθɪm.bəl/ us /ˈθɪm.bəl/ a small cover, usually made of metal or plastic, worn to protect the finger that pushes the needle when sewing（缝纫用的）顶针，针箍 Westend61/GettyImages Knitting & sewing appliqué appliquéd Aran Bargello baste handknit handknitted hank hem intarsia quilting reknit resew rib run something up running stitch sampler seam sew stitch thimble | American Dictionarythimble noun[ C ] us/ˈθɪm·bəl/ a small, hard cover, shaped like a cup, that fits over the end of a finger to help you push a needle through material when sewing Examples of thimblethimble Determination of water absorbed dose in a carbon ion beam using thimble ionization chambers. It's not like collecting records is like collecting stamps, or beer mats, or antique thimbles. Approximately 4 g is the upper limit on sample size for the thimble size used. The mass difference of the thimble before and after extraction was assumed to be the lost lipid fraction, and was determined to 0.1 mg. Oven-dried seeds were blended into a fine meal, and a sample of known mass was placed in a cellulose extraction thimble of diameter 18 mm and depth 55 mm. When the actual glimpses of it that he gets are got according to the thimble recipe, they satisfy his acquired expectation-propensities; and this is his espying the thimble. He could use his thimble to undo all the robes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is keeping his case undisclosed like the old thimble rigging man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One may well ask under which thimble is the pea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You never know under which thimble the pea really is, and that is what is so vital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should as soon have suspected the keeper of a table with three thimbles and a pea to tell under which thimble the pea was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was very difficult for people who had contact or business with one of these companies to know under which thimble was the pea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the old story of the three thimbles and the pea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You look under one thimble, and the pea which you expected to be there is no longer there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like the pea under the thimble; first you see it, then you do not. 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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