thimble

英 ['θ?mb(?)l] 美['θ?mbl]

暢通詞匯

復數:?thimbles;

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。

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.
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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.)).

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.

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.

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.