| 单词 | at one's fingertips |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat one's fingertips (also fingers' tips) P2. at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips): within easy reach; readily available or accessible. Cf. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends at finger end n. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > near or accessible at handeOE to handOE at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips)1861 1861 Circular (Oneida, N.Y.) 11 July 91/2 They have really had their own liberty at their finger-tips for years. 1870 Harper's Mag. Nov. 864/1 The best learning that the world affords, my Bert has at his fingers' tips. 1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 389 An index which will put at their finger tips all the information which the Botanical Gazette has contributed for ten years. 1918 Eccl. Rev. Feb. 209 As you seem to have those decrees at your fingers' tips, would you quote it for us? 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 54 He had at his fingertips the most recent experimental values of the constants. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vii. 285 I was aware that Robin would not have the latest thinking at his fingertips, but his answer was useful. < as lemmas |
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