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单词 rule of thumb
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rule of thumb

C1 a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something:

A good rule of thumb is that a portion of rice is two handfuls.

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Approximate

  • (a) sort of idiom
  • -ish
  • about
  • approx
  • approximate
  • approximately
  • effect
  • in the vicinity of idiom
  • loosely
  • maybe
  • more
  • more or less idiom
  • round
  • rule
  • sense
  • something
  • something like 96 percent, half, etc. idiom
  • somewhere
  • sort
  • sorta

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rule of thumbnoun [ C ]

/ˈrul əv ˈθʌm/plural rules of thumb

a method of judging a situation or condition that is not exact but is based on experience:

As a rule of thumb, the ice on the lake should be at least two inches thick to support one person.
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