thimble

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++thim·ble /ˈθɪmbəl/ noun [countable]   DCa small metal or plastic cap used to protect your finger when you are sewing 顶针，针箍 →4  See picture of 见图 SEWING

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thimble• The beer bottle played in his big hands like a thimble.• Agnes, open that sewing box and pass me a thimble, will you?• He had the brains of a thimble.• The Phantom looks simple: A thimble is attached to a jointed arm made of black steel rods.• The shoe and the thimble in Monopoly have been replaced with little pills that help us along to Boardwalk.• The first person to find the thimble hides it the next time.• A child's game of hunt the thimble doesn't feel creative.• If Miss Bingham's idea for the band came to anything Henry just might ask him about playing that washboard with thimbles.Origin thimble Old English thymel “thumb-protector”, from thuma; → THUMB1

thim·ble nounChineseSyllable  

small Corpus or plastic a used cap metal

thimble
thim‧ble /ˈθɪmbəl/ noun [countable]
a small metal or plastic cap used to protect your finger when you are sewing

thim·bleBrE /ˈθɪmbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθɪmbl/ 🔊 nouna small metal or plastic object that you wear on the end of your finger to protect it when sewing 顶针；针箍