cubit / ˈkyu bɪt /
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cubit 的定义
n. 名词 noun- an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches.
更多cubit例句
- And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit.
- I saw likewise other fish about a cubit in length, that had heads like owls.
- Man cannot by thinking add a cubit to his stature, nor an inch to the circumference of his skull.
- Long before noon a lofty tower seemed to grow, cubit by cubit, out of the horizon.
- The lion is chained--the dragon cannot add one cubit to his stature--a point to his tongue--or a drop to his venom.