cubit / ˈkyu bɪt /

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cubit 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. 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

  1. And before the chambers was a walk ten cubits broad, looking to the inner parts of a way of one cubit.
  2. I saw likewise other fish about a cubit in length, that had heads like owls.
  3. Man cannot by thinking add a cubit to his stature, nor an inch to the circumference of his skull.
  4. Long before noon a lofty tower seemed to grow, cubit by cubit, out of the horizon.
  5. The lion is chained--the dragon cannot add one cubit to his stature--a point to his tongue--or a drop to his venom.