matchstick
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++match·stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/ noun [countable] 1. TDa wooden match 火柴杆，火柴棍2. matchstick men/figures British EnglishAV people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child 火柴人〔像小孩所作的人物线条画〕 SYN American English stick person
Examples from the Corpus
matchstick• The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.• Woolley picked his teeth with a matchstick.• An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub.• There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.• The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks.• As there were not enough metre sticks to go round, l gave out matchsticks to represent the fences.• She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.• Place two matchsticks in this gap. 5.match·stick nounChineseSyllable
Corpus match wooden a
matchstick
match‧stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/
noun [countable]
1. a wooden match
2. matchstick men/figures British English people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child
SYN stick person American English
match‧stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/
noun [countable]1. a wooden match
2. matchstick men/figures British English people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child
SYN stick person American English