| 单词 | finger-sized |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger-sized (b) With participles forming adjectives, as finger-shaped, finger-sized, etc. ΚΠ 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 366/1 Potentilla, with finger-shaped leaves. 1835 J. Kincaid Random Shots from Rifleman ix. 116 The Frenchman's [fighting irons] were found to consist of a brace of pocket-pistols, with finger-sized barrels. 1857 J. G. Wood Common Objects Sea Shore vi. 116 Alcyonium digitatum, or the Finger-shaped Alcyonium. 1901 E. H. Fenwick Operative & Inoperative Tumours Urin. Bladder iv. 81 Everything that is necessary can be learnt by a finger-sized incision. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Late City Final ed.) iv. 22/2 What was finger-sized on Monday afternoon will, by Wednesday morning, have turned into a foot-long green giant. 2007 A. Broomfield Food & Cooking in Victorian Eng. 163 Market Drayton..became known for its oblong, finger-shaped gingerbread. 2010 Financial Times 30 Apr. 14/ It looks like most other USB data modems—a slim finger-sized device with a USB connector that slides out from one end. < as lemmas |
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