thumbling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tiny, thumb-sized person; manikin
    — There is a long list of such spirits, including dwarfs, elves, gnomes, brownies, pixies, leprechauns, thumblings (like Tom Thumb), and dactyli (which means fingers). As with the Menehune, the thumblings and the dactyl-fingers are masculine figures, and so are the ancient gnomes.
  2. Anything small, comparable to the size of a human thumb
    — Passing through the kitchen to the scullery, to which place she ordered us, I saw Deborah was very busy frying thumblings — small croquettes about the size of a big man's thumb — […]

词形变化

thumblings plural

词汇关系

相关词
Tom Thumb

词源

From thumb + -ling. Compare Dutch duimeling, Middle Low German dûmelinc, dûmelink, German Däumling. Compare also Icelandic þumlungur (“thumb; inch”) (measurement).
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