Definition of thimble in English:

thimble

noun ˈθɪmb(ə)lˈθɪmbəl

1A small metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing.
顶针，针箍
Example sentencesExamples
- A mother pointed out to her daughter the sampler embroidered with the Ten Commandments, although the girl seemed more interested in thimbles.
- With a reminder to use her thimble when she dealt with needles, Jemimah left.
- There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures.
- In Kendal, a debate is going on as to the real name of the orange rubber thimble used by the counters to protect their index fingers.
- A dish called colcannon, made from cabbage, potatoes, and milk, was traditionally served on Halloween with a ring, coin, thimble, and button inserted into it.
- John, 46, runs the club with his wife, Chrissy, and has his thimbles on display there in glass cases.
- Betty is a keen gardener, and she collects clowns, thimbles and candles.
- Many objects associated with domestic tool kits have changed relatively little over the past few centuries, such as thimbles, scissors, and other items used to produce clothing.
- They have come across thousands of objects ranging from Georgian coins and rings to thimbles and buckles, but this was their first big find.
- In the palm of Clovis's hand, the cupcake looked the size of a thimble.
- They were the usual set tricks, such as making things disappear from under thimbles, and card and rope tricks.
- Digitalis is derived from the Latin for ‘finger‘because the little flowers resemble a thimble.
- Peter and Wendy's conversation about kisses and thimbles and their mother-and-father role-playing leaves no doubt of their attraction to each other.
- Margret had always hated thimbles; useless things, they never stayed on the finger long enough to serve their purpose.
- What he knows about any part of the world would not fill a thimble.
- Mary was sitting on the bed, tapping her foot and humming a tune as she set her needles, thimble, and thread into a sack.
- In Mary Anne's next letter, dated ix February 1880, her only reference to her job was that her employer had given her a silver thimble for Christmas.
- A lot of customers had been foreign tourists to York, with Americans and Australians in particular snapping up mugs, plates, thimbles and shot glasses.
- To keep the nails in place, Ancient Egyptian embalmers sometimes either tied the nails to the fingers and toes, or covered them with metal thimbles.
- Daily, a monitor or more advanced student, distributed to each girl in her class a pinafore to wear and a thimble, needle, thread, and materials for work.
2A short metal tube or ferrule.
套筒；套管
Example sentencesExamples
- First produced in 1876, it's immediately recognizable by the wiping rod held in thimbles beneath the barrel.
- All the brass furniture including the buttplate, sideplate, ramrod thimbles, trigger guard, and patchbox were hand polished bright.
- Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod with its brass tip threaded for jag, worm, screw or other implement.
- It rests in a stainless-steel thimble screwed to the bottom of the barrel.
3Nautical
A metal ring, concave on the outside, around which a loop of rope is spliced.
〔航海〕索端嵌环，索眼环

Origin

Old English thȳmel 'fingerstall' (see thumb, -le¹).

thumb from Old English:
Like finger, thumb is Old English. It shares an ancient root with Latin tumere ‘to swell’, probably because the thumb is a ‘fat’ or ‘swollen’ finger. Thimble is formed from thumb, in the same way that handle is formed from hand. The expression thumbs up, showing satisfaction or approval, and its opposite thumbs down, indicating rejection or failure, hark back to the days of Roman gladiatorial combat. The thumbs were used to signal approval or disapproval by the spectators—despite what many people believe, though, they turned their thumbs down to indicate that a beaten gladiator had performed well and should be spared, and up to call for his death. The reversal of the phrases' meaning first appeared in the early 20th century. In one of the stories from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), a Roman centurion facing a bleak future says to his friend, ‘We're finished men—thumbs down against both of us.’ In Shakespeare's Macbeth the Second Witch says as she sees Macbeth, ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.’ A sensation of pricking in the thumbs was believed to be a foreboding of evil or trouble. See also limb, rule

Rhymes

Abu Simbel, cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, timbal

Definition of thimble in US English:

thimble

nounˈTHimbəlˈθɪmbəl

1A metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing.
顶针，针箍
Example sentencesExamples
- Betty is a keen gardener, and she collects clowns, thimbles and candles.
- There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures.
- A mother pointed out to her daughter the sampler embroidered with the Ten Commandments, although the girl seemed more interested in thimbles.
- John, 46, runs the club with his wife, Chrissy, and has his thimbles on display there in glass cases.
- Digitalis is derived from the Latin for ‘finger‘because the little flowers resemble a thimble.
- A dish called colcannon, made from cabbage, potatoes, and milk, was traditionally served on Halloween with a ring, coin, thimble, and button inserted into it.
- A lot of customers had been foreign tourists to York, with Americans and Australians in particular snapping up mugs, plates, thimbles and shot glasses.
- In Mary Anne's next letter, dated ix February 1880, her only reference to her job was that her employer had given her a silver thimble for Christmas.
- Margret had always hated thimbles; useless things, they never stayed on the finger long enough to serve their purpose.
- What he knows about any part of the world would not fill a thimble.
- With a reminder to use her thimble when she dealt with needles, Jemimah left.
- In the palm of Clovis's hand, the cupcake looked the size of a thimble.
- They have come across thousands of objects ranging from Georgian coins and rings to thimbles and buckles, but this was their first big find.
- They were the usual set tricks, such as making things disappear from under thimbles, and card and rope tricks.
- Many objects associated with domestic tool kits have changed relatively little over the past few centuries, such as thimbles, scissors, and other items used to produce clothing.
- Mary was sitting on the bed, tapping her foot and humming a tune as she set her needles, thimble, and thread into a sack.
- In Kendal, a debate is going on as to the real name of the orange rubber thimble used by the counters to protect their index fingers.
- To keep the nails in place, Ancient Egyptian embalmers sometimes either tied the nails to the fingers and toes, or covered them with metal thimbles.
- Peter and Wendy's conversation about kisses and thimbles and their mother-and-father role-playing leaves no doubt of their attraction to each other.
- Daily, a monitor or more advanced student, distributed to each girl in her class a pinafore to wear and a thimble, needle, thread, and materials for work.
1. 1.1 A short metal tube or ferrule.
  套筒；套管
  Example sentencesExamples
  First produced in 1876, it's immediately recognizable by the wiping rod held in thimbles beneath the barrel.
  Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod with its brass tip threaded for jag, worm, screw or other implement.
  It rests in a stainless-steel thimble screwed to the bottom of the barrel.
  All the brass furniture including the buttplate, sideplate, ramrod thimbles, trigger guard, and patchbox were hand polished bright.
2. 1.2Nautical A metal ring, concave on the outside, around which a loop of rope is spliced.
  〔航海〕索端嵌环，索眼环

Origin

Old English thȳmel ‘fingerstall’ (see thumb, -le).

单词	thimble
释义	Definition of thimble in English: thimble noun ˈθɪmb(ə)lˈθɪmbəl 1A small metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing. 顶针，针箍 Example sentencesExamples A mother pointed out to her daughter the sampler embroidered with the Ten Commandments, although the girl seemed more interested in thimbles. With a reminder to use her thimble when she dealt with needles, Jemimah left. There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures. In Kendal, a debate is going on as to the real name of the orange rubber thimble used by the counters to protect their index fingers. A dish called colcannon, made from cabbage, potatoes, and milk, was traditionally served on Halloween with a ring, coin, thimble, and button inserted into it. John, 46, runs the club with his wife, Chrissy, and has his thimbles on display there in glass cases. Betty is a keen gardener, and she collects clowns, thimbles and candles. Many objects associated with domestic tool kits have changed relatively little over the past few centuries, such as thimbles, scissors, and other items used to produce clothing. They have come across thousands of objects ranging from Georgian coins and rings to thimbles and buckles, but this was their first big find. In the palm of Clovis's hand, the cupcake looked the size of a thimble. They were the usual set tricks, such as making things disappear from under thimbles, and card and rope tricks. Digitalis is derived from the Latin for ‘finger‘because the little flowers resemble a thimble. Peter and Wendy's conversation about kisses and thimbles and their mother-and-father role-playing leaves no doubt of their attraction to each other. Margret had always hated thimbles; useless things, they never stayed on the finger long enough to serve their purpose. What he knows about any part of the world would not fill a thimble. Mary was sitting on the bed, tapping her foot and humming a tune as she set her needles, thimble, and thread into a sack. In Mary Anne's next letter, dated ix February 1880, her only reference to her job was that her employer had given her a silver thimble for Christmas. A lot of customers had been foreign tourists to York, with Americans and Australians in particular snapping up mugs, plates, thimbles and shot glasses. To keep the nails in place, Ancient Egyptian embalmers sometimes either tied the nails to the fingers and toes, or covered them with metal thimbles. Daily, a monitor or more advanced student, distributed to each girl in her class a pinafore to wear and a thimble, needle, thread, and materials for work. 2A short metal tube or ferrule. 套筒；套管 Example sentencesExamples First produced in 1876, it's immediately recognizable by the wiping rod held in thimbles beneath the barrel. All the brass furniture including the buttplate, sideplate, ramrod thimbles, trigger guard, and patchbox were hand polished bright. Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod with its brass tip threaded for jag, worm, screw or other implement. It rests in a stainless-steel thimble screwed to the bottom of the barrel. 3Nautical A metal ring, concave on the outside, around which a loop of rope is spliced. 〔航海〕索端嵌环，索眼环 Origin Old English thȳmel 'fingerstall' (see thumb, -le¹). thumb from Old English: Like finger, thumb is Old English. It shares an ancient root with Latin tumere ‘to swell’, probably because the thumb is a ‘fat’ or ‘swollen’ finger. Thimble is formed from thumb, in the same way that handle is formed from hand. The expression thumbs up, showing satisfaction or approval, and its opposite thumbs down, indicating rejection or failure, hark back to the days of Roman gladiatorial combat. The thumbs were used to signal approval or disapproval by the spectators—despite what many people believe, though, they turned their thumbs down to indicate that a beaten gladiator had performed well and should be spared, and up to call for his death. The reversal of the phrases' meaning first appeared in the early 20th century. In one of the stories from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), a Roman centurion facing a bleak future says to his friend, ‘We're finished men—thumbs down against both of us.’ In Shakespeare's Macbeth the Second Witch says as she sees Macbeth, ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.’ A sensation of pricking in the thumbs was believed to be a foreboding of evil or trouble. See also limb, rule Rhymes Abu Simbel, cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, timbal Definition of thimble in US English: thimble nounˈTHimbəlˈθɪmbəl 1A metal or plastic cap with a closed end, worn to protect the finger and push the needle in sewing. 顶针，针箍 Example sentencesExamples Betty is a keen gardener, and she collects clowns, thimbles and candles. There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures. A mother pointed out to her daughter the sampler embroidered with the Ten Commandments, although the girl seemed more interested in thimbles. John, 46, runs the club with his wife, Chrissy, and has his thimbles on display there in glass cases. Digitalis is derived from the Latin for ‘finger‘because the little flowers resemble a thimble. A dish called colcannon, made from cabbage, potatoes, and milk, was traditionally served on Halloween with a ring, coin, thimble, and button inserted into it. A lot of customers had been foreign tourists to York, with Americans and Australians in particular snapping up mugs, plates, thimbles and shot glasses. In Mary Anne's next letter, dated ix February 1880, her only reference to her job was that her employer had given her a silver thimble for Christmas. Margret had always hated thimbles; useless things, they never stayed on the finger long enough to serve their purpose. What he knows about any part of the world would not fill a thimble. With a reminder to use her thimble when she dealt with needles, Jemimah left. In the palm of Clovis's hand, the cupcake looked the size of a thimble. They have come across thousands of objects ranging from Georgian coins and rings to thimbles and buckles, but this was their first big find. They were the usual set tricks, such as making things disappear from under thimbles, and card and rope tricks. Many objects associated with domestic tool kits have changed relatively little over the past few centuries, such as thimbles, scissors, and other items used to produce clothing. Mary was sitting on the bed, tapping her foot and humming a tune as she set her needles, thimble, and thread into a sack. In Kendal, a debate is going on as to the real name of the orange rubber thimble used by the counters to protect their index fingers. To keep the nails in place, Ancient Egyptian embalmers sometimes either tied the nails to the fingers and toes, or covered them with metal thimbles. Peter and Wendy's conversation about kisses and thimbles and their mother-and-father role-playing leaves no doubt of their attraction to each other. Daily, a monitor or more advanced student, distributed to each girl in her class a pinafore to wear and a thimble, needle, thread, and materials for work. 1.1 A short metal tube or ferrule. 套筒；套管 Example sentencesExamples First produced in 1876, it's immediately recognizable by the wiping rod held in thimbles beneath the barrel. Two brown-finish thimbles under the barrel secure the wooden ramrod with its brass tip threaded for jag, worm, screw or other implement. It rests in a stainless-steel thimble screwed to the bottom of the barrel. All the brass furniture including the buttplate, sideplate, ramrod thimbles, trigger guard, and patchbox were hand polished bright. 1.2Nautical A metal ring, concave on the outside, around which a loop of rope is spliced. 〔航海〕索端嵌环，索眼环 Origin Old English thȳmel ‘fingerstall’ (see thumb, -le).
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