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hairsbreadth

/hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth/US // ˈhɛərzˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ, -ˌbrɛθ //

头发的宽度,头发丝,头发的界限,头发的长度

Related Words

breadth广泛性,宽度,宽度,宽广度trace痕迹,追踪,跟踪,踪迹whiff嗅觉,嗅嗅,嗅探,嗅到whisper嘀咕,嘀咕一声,呫嗫,哼哼唧唧hair头发,汗毛,头发的,头发的问题fraction分数,分词,分,分额touch触摸,接触,碰,联系tinge微染,轻染bit位,位数,比特,位元jot记号,记下,记号笔,记下了hairbreadth咫尺天涯,咫尺之遥,咫尺之间,咫尺

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extremely narrow or close.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhairbreadth
Synonyms
bit位,位数,比特,位元fraction分数,分词,分,分额hair头发,汗毛,头发的,头发的问题jot记号,记下,记号笔,记下了
as inwhisker
Synonyms
breadth广泛性,宽度,宽度,宽广度fraction分数,分词,分,分额hair头发,汗毛,头发的,头发的问题tinge微染,轻染touch触摸,接触,碰,联系trace痕迹,追踪,跟踪,踪迹whiff嗅觉,嗅嗅,嗅探,嗅到whisper嘀咕,嘀咕一声,呫嗫,哼哼唧唧hair's-breathhairbreadth咫尺天涯,咫尺之遥,咫尺之间,咫尺

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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