thimble
thimble 英 ['θɪmb(ə)l] 美 ['θɪmbl]
n. 顶针；套管；嵌环
名词复数:thimbles
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- n. 顶针；套管；嵌环
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1. Is this your thimble?
这是你的顶针吗？
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2. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with sapphires.
上帝把手浸入水中捞出一个镶嵌着蓝宝石的金顶针。
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3. 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。
- thimble (n.) Old English þymel "sheath or covering for the thumb," from thuma (see thumb (n.)) + instrumental suffix -el (1), used in forming names of tools (compare handle (n.)). The unetymological -b- appears mid-15c. (compare humble, nimble, etc.). 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.)).
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