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Definition of vest-pocket in English: vest-pocketadjective North American 1attributive (especially of a reference book) small enough to fit into a pocket. 〈北美〉（尤指参考书）袖珍的 a series of popular vest-pocket dictionaries 一套流行的袖珍词典。 Example sentencesExamples - The vest-pocket projector could soon become reality.
- Elliott appreciated Warhol's nonchalance before the camera, and in some respects his own documentary project mirrored Warhol's deployment of the ubiquitous vest-pocket still camera.
Synonyms small, little, miniature, mini, compact, fun-size, concise, abridged, potted, portable - 1.1 Very small in size or scale.
很小的，微型的 小公园。 Example sentencesExamples - In preparatory notes concerning this exhibition, ‘Standing Pictures Manhattan,’ Nordman recasts this vest-pocket gallery as an installation, ‘a place of encounter in concert with a work that may have no tangent other than the sun.’
- Another is a compact hydrogen ‘sniffer’ that can be connected to a vest-pocket computer to provide convenient measurement and data logging in a hand-held format.
- At golf's current rate of growth, look for the rise of vest-pocket courses - small, virtual-reality indoor courses in urban centers that will actually deliver a satisfying simulation of the real thing.
- Garbin created this vest-pocket course for a husband and wife (who wish to remain anonymous) as a place where their grandchildren could learn the game.
- While elegantly planned, it remains an under-used vest-pocket park dependent on corporate largesse, a privately owned piece of public space which was never meant to belong to a larger community.
Definition of vest-pocket in US English: vest-pocketadjectiveˈvestˌpäkətˈvɛstˌpɑkət North American 1attributive (especially of a reference book) small enough to fit into a pocket. 〈北美〉（尤指参考书）袖珍的 a series of popular vest-pocket dictionaries 一套流行的袖珍词典。 Example sentencesExamples - The vest-pocket projector could soon become reality.
- Elliott appreciated Warhol's nonchalance before the camera, and in some respects his own documentary project mirrored Warhol's deployment of the ubiquitous vest-pocket still camera.
Synonyms small, little, miniature, mini, compact, fun-size, concise, abridged, potted, portable - 1.1 Very small in size or scale.
很小的，微型的 小公园。 Example sentencesExamples - While elegantly planned, it remains an under-used vest-pocket park dependent on corporate largesse, a privately owned piece of public space which was never meant to belong to a larger community.
- Garbin created this vest-pocket course for a husband and wife (who wish to remain anonymous) as a place where their grandchildren could learn the game.
- At golf's current rate of growth, look for the rise of vest-pocket courses - small, virtual-reality indoor courses in urban centers that will actually deliver a satisfying simulation of the real thing.
- In preparatory notes concerning this exhibition, ‘Standing Pictures Manhattan,’ Nordman recasts this vest-pocket gallery as an installation, ‘a place of encounter in concert with a work that may have no tangent other than the sun.’
- Another is a compact hydrogen ‘sniffer’ that can be connected to a vest-pocket computer to provide convenient measurement and data logging in a hand-held format.
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