hair's breadth
/hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth/US // ˈhɛərzˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ, -ˌbrɛθ //
咫尺之遥,咫尺天涯,一丝不苟,一丝不挂
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : extremely narrow or close.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as innear
Synonyms
adjacent邻近的,毗邻的,相邻的,毗连的adjoining毗邻的,邻近的,相邻的,毗邻immediate直接,直接的nearby附近的,附近,附近的人,在附近neighboring相邻的,邻近的,邻居,相邻warm温暖,温暖的,暖和,温馨提示abutting邻近的,毗邻的,毗连的,相邻的bordering毗邻的,毗邻,毗邻而居,邻近的burning燃烧,燃烧的,焚烧,灼烧close关闭,密切,结束,靠近nigh近,近日,傍晚时分,傍傍ready准备好了,准备就绪,准备,准备好touching触摸,触摸的,感人的,感人abreast肩并肩,并肩作战,并驾齐驱,并肩而行along toward向着,朝着,朝向,沿着朝向alongside旁边的,旁边的人,并肩作战,旁边approximal近似值,约数,近似的,大约around围绕,左右,约,围绕着at close quarters近距离接触,近距离观察,近距离,近距离的available可用的,可用,可获得,可提供beside旁边,傍边,旁边的,旁close shave贴身剃须,近距离刮胡子,近距离剃须,近距离刮脸close-at-hand近在咫尺,近在咫尺的,近在眼前,近在眼前的close-by近在咫尺,近在咫尺的,近在眼前的,近在眼前conterminous沿岸,沿海地区,沿海,沿途contiguous毗连的,毗连,连片的,连片convenient方便,方便的,便利,便捷handy方便的,便利的,方便,便利in close proximity近在咫尺,近在咫尺的,咫尺之间,近在眼前near-at-hand近在咫尺,近在咫尺的,近在眼前,近在眼前的next door隔壁,隔壁的,邻近的,旁边的not remote非远程,不远,非远距离,非遥感practically实际是,实际上是,实践上,实际上proximal近端,近似,近似的,近距离proximate近似的,近似,近亲,近邻side-by-side并排,并排排列,并列,并排的vincinal秦皇岛,秦皇岛市,秦始皇,秦腔within stone's throw近在咫尺,触手可及,近在咫尺的地方,近在咫尺的
Examples
He was more than once within a hairsbreadth of death but at length he was brought by his master, Kakinathucca, to his home.
He had a habit of darting them around a wide circle of objects, without turning his head a hairsbreadth.
We catch a word, a touch of flippancy, a suggestion of licence, a covert sneer which goes too far by a hairsbreadth.
He carefully turned an unconnected control knob a hairsbreadth with utmost deliberation and precision.
Not by a hairsbreadth has all that has passed in the interval lowered you in my eyes.
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