thimble
英 ['θ?mb(?)l]
美['θ?mbl]
- n. 頂針；套管；嵌環(huán)
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?thimbles;
中文詞源
thimble 頂針，頂箍
來自 thumb,大拇指，-le,工具格后綴。原義為包大拇指的小皮套，引申詞義頂針，頂箍。
英文詞源
- thimble
- thimble: [OE] A thimble is etymologically a ‘thumb implement’. The word goes back to Old English thymel, a derivative of thūma ‘thumb’. In Old English (where it is recorded only once) it was used for a ‘finger-stall’. By the time it reappears in the 15th century we find it being applied to a ‘leather finger-protector used for pushing in a needle’, and it was extended to metal thimbles, introduced in the 17th century.
=> thumb - thimble (n.)
- Old English tymel "sheath or covering for the thumb," from thuma (see thumb (n.)) + -el (1), used in forming names of instruments (compare handle). Excrescent -b- began mid-15c. (compare humble, nimble). Originally of leather, metal ones came into use 17c. Related: Thimbleful. Thimblerig, con game played with three thimbles and a pea or button, is attested from 1825 by this name, though references to thimble cheats, probably the same swindle, date back to 1716 (see rig (v.)).
雙語例句
- 1. She put a thimble over the finger when sewing.
- 縫紉時,她在手上戴一枚頂針.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Won't, you see me had been bought, nuo, thimble.
- 不會的, 你看我已經買來了, 喏, 頂針兒.
來自互聯(lián)網
- 3. When it's raining gold reach for a bucket, not a thimble.
- 當天上掉金子時,要拿桶而不是套管去接.
來自互聯(lián)網
- 4. She says she will do that to you , Wendy, every time I give you a thimble.
- 彼得給了她一頂針, 差不多就在同時, 她尖叫了起來.
來自互聯(lián)網
- 5. An acceptable thimble is metal and fits snugly on the middle finger of the needle - holding hand.
- 好的頂針是金屬制成的,并能舒適地戴在拿針的手的中指上.
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