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单词 thumbling
释义

thumbling

/ˈθʌmlɪŋ /
noun
A very small person or fictional being.A thumbling stepped out of the bushes into the tiny clearing around the tree in which they hid....
  • It was well for the little thumbling that he did not see the smile on his sister's and brother's faces.
  • When Tom is identified as a thumbling, he has been speaking to a dragonfly larva also about to undergo a metamorphosis.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from thumb + -ling.

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