thimbleful / ˈθɪm bəlˌfʊl /

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thimbleful 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural thim·ble·fuls.

  1. the amount that a thimble will hold.
  2. a small quantity, especially of liquid.

更多thimbleful例句

  1. Imagine, for example, dropping a thimbleful of red dye into a swimming pool.
  2. Even more important, I got in my thimbleful of quality time with the man himself.
  3. The members of the crew had hardly swallowed their thimbleful of some home-made liqueur, when the rumble of a carriage was heard.
  4. To York fair he must, he would go, if condemned to a bean and a thimbleful of water for fasting dinner ever after.
  5. They dined on dry biscuit and another thimbleful of water apiece and took watch by amiable agreement.
  6. He poured the thimbleful and handed it over quickly, and when Perroquet had tossed it off he filled again and again.
  7. The lunatic poured out a thimbleful for himself and filled Gaudissart's glass.