| 单词 | handsbreadth |
| 释义 | handsbreadth (once / 369354 pages) n WORD FAMILY handsbreadth USAGE EXAMPLES“Let him take a sword like unto this,” said De Latiere, carelessly, “and if he chooses one a handsbreadth longer, I care not. Marshall, Bernard Gay, Cedric, the Forester(2011) The lama brought his thousand-wrinkled face once more a handsbreadth from the Englishman's. Kipling, Rudyard, Kim(2011) The spirit of Madison Cawein passed at midnight from this world of intimate beauty "To stand a handsbreadth nearer Heaven and what is God!" Cawein, Madison Julius, The Cup of Comus—Fact and Fancy(2010) n any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand Syn|Hypo|Hyper handbreadth 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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