thimble: [OE] A thimble is etymologically a ‘thumb implement’. The word goes back to Old English thymel, a derivative of thūma ‘thumb’. In Old English (where it is recorded only once) it was used for a ‘finger-stall’. By the time it reappears in the 15th century we find it being applied to a ‘leather finger-protector used for pushing in a needle’, and it was extended to metal thimbles, introduced in the 17th century. => thumb
thimble (n.)
Old English tymel "sheath or covering for the thumb," from thuma (see thumb (n.)) + -el (1), used in forming names of instruments (compare handle). Excrescent -b- began mid-15c. (compare humble, nimble). Originally of leather, metal ones came into use 17c. Related: Thimbleful. Thimblerig, con game played with three thimbles and a pea or button, is attested from 1825 by this name, though references to thimble cheats, probably the same swindle, date back to 1716 (see rig (v.)).
例文
1. She put a thimble over the finger when sewing.
縫製時、彼女は手にトップピンをつけた。
2.Won 't，you see me had been bought，nuo， thimble .
いいえ、私が買ってきたのを見て、ほら、ピン。
3.When it 's raining gold reach for a bucket，not a thimble .
その日に金を落とすときは、スリーブではなくバケツを持って迎えに行く。
4.She says she will do that to you，Wendy，every time I give you a thimble .
ピーターは彼女に針を与えたが、差は少ないと同時に、彼女は悲鳴を上げた。
5.An acceptable thimble is metal and fits snugly on the midddle finger of the needle-holding hand.