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nubbin

/nuhb-in/US // ˈnʌb ɪn //UK // (ˈnʌbɪn) //

钮扣,钮扣扣,钮带,钮扣扣子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small lump or stunted piece; stub.
    • : a small or imperfect ear of corn.
    • : an undeveloped fruit.

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Examples

  • We know how unlikely it is that Cassie, who has been depicted as a worn-down nubbin of PTSD through most of the film, would be able to get her revenge from beyond the grave.

  • He took it to bed with him in the loft and read till his 'nubbin' of candle burned out.

  • Small nubbin' for all the world, but it stole the hot an' the smell o' the meat.'

  • Mother Howard hesitated at the brink of the very nubbin of it all, to Robert Fairchild.

  • Bimeby they wa'n't no stick left—only a nubbin, about four inches long, an' it was Rocky's turn.

  • Lincoln whispered to his friend, "Did you ever see so small a nubbin that had so much husk on it?"