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单词 handbreadth
释义
handbreadth
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n

WORD FAMILY
handbreadth: handbreadths
USAGE EXAMPLES
It lacks a handbreadth yet of the measure of a prince.'
Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows), The Little Colonel at Boarding-Scho...(2012)
The room is so richly decorated that scarce a handbreadth of the surface is free from ornament.
Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick), Southern Spain(2011)
Suddenly the Sub came to a dead stop almost within a handbreadth of the levelled bayonet of the Turkish sentry.
Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), The Fight for Constantinople—A Stor...(2011)
n any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
handsbreadth
hand
a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length
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