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 þymel "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.)).
thimble 双语例句
1. She put a thimble over the finger when sewing.
缝纫时,她在手上戴一枚顶针.
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2. Won't, you see me had been bought, nuo, thimble.
不会的, 你看我已经买来了, 喏, 顶针儿.
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3. When it's raining gold reach for a bucket, not a thimble.
当天上掉金子时,要拿桶而不是套管去接.
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4. She says she will do that to you , Wendy, every time I give you a thimble.
彼得给了她一顶针, 差不多就在同时, 她尖叫了起来.
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5. An acceptable thimble is metal and fits snugly on the middle finger of the needle - holding hand.