One day , when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river , her thimble fell into the river .
有一天,一个女裁缝坐在河边干活时,不小心把顶针掉进了河里。
Scarlett saw it was ellen 's gold thimble that he held .
思嘉看见他手里拿的是爱伦的金顶针。
It is a bit like playing a visual version of hunt the thimble .
这有点像玩视觉版“丢手绢”游戏。
Republican sen. orrin hatch remarked that this was " like asking us to drain the pacific ocean with a thimble . "
共和党参议员奥林哈奇表示,这是“我们喜欢问同一个顶针流失太平洋。”
Others arelopsided , as small as a chess piece , or a thimble , and squiffy-eyed , as if they have availed themselves of too much of the local rice whisky .
有些则倾斜着,像一枚棋子或顶针那样细小,醉眼朦胧的,仿佛它们喝了太多本地米酒。
Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble , though it is put on the third finger .
词源学只能问,为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针,但它却是在中指上使用的。
In he hopped , and laid the great ruby on the table beside the woman 's thimble .
他跳进屋里,将硕大的红宝石放在那女人顶针旁的桌子上。
I think I 'll be the thimble .
我想我会选顶针。
You misplace or accidentally contaminate a tiny drop of liquid while pipetting into a tube that 's smaller than a thimble , and your experiment fails .