“thimbleful”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

thimbleful

释义

thimbleful|ˈθɪmb(ə)lfʊl|
[f. thimble + -ful.]
As much as a thimble will hold; hence, a small quantity, esp. of wine or spirits; a dram; also fig. of something immaterial.
1607Markham Caval. ii. (1617) 120 Take halfe a thimble⁓ful of Gunpowder.1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 23 By eating by ounces, and drinking by thimble⁓fuls, they liue by drams.1760Foote Minor i. Wks. 1799 I. 248 Wou'd you take another thimbleful, Mrs. Cole?1789Wolcott (P. Pindar) Expost. Odes xi, Now can't I give a thimblefull of Praise.1889Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 93 Cordials were..on special occasions dealt out in thimble⁓fuls.1894Helen M. Gougar in Voice (N.Y.) 31 May, Anybody with a thimbleful of political or reform sense knows.

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