单词 | hairsbreadth |
释义 | hairsbreadth (once / 144138 pages) n WORD FAMILY hairsbreadth USAGE EXAMPLESAnother hairsbreadth escape came while Mr. Keeley was second in command in the U.S embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Washington Post(Jan 10, 2015) Only an expert risk taker can swim toward a particular goal and arrive within a hairsbreadth of the treasure, then turn around and go home. Time(Mar 18, 2012) It was just one of those exciting moments when you miss a thing just by a hairsbreadth, as it were. Mitford, Bertram, The Heath Hover Mystery(2011) n a very small distance or space Syn|Hyper hair, hair's-breadth, whisker small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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