matchstick

Word family adjectivematchablematchedmatchingmatchlessnounmatchermatchlessnessmatchboardmatchboardingmatchmakermatchmakingmatch pointmatchupmatchbookmatchboxmatchlockmatchstickmatchmatchwoodadverbmatchlessly

Related topics: Daily life

match·stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/ noun [countableC]

1. TDa wooden match 火柴杆，火柴棍

2. matchstick men/figures British EnglishBrEAV people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child 火柴人〔像小孩所作的人物线条画〕 SYN American English stick person

Examples from the Corpus

matchstick men/figures• More like troubled at mill Salford says there's more to its patron saint than pictures of matchstick men.

Examples from the Corpus

matchstick• The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.• Woolley picked his teeth with a matchstick.• An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub.• There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.• The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks.• As there were not enough metre sticks to go round, l gave out matchsticks to represent the fences.• She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.• Place two matchsticks in this gap. 5.

词汇	matchstick
释义	matchstick Word family adjectivematchablematchedmatchingmatchlessnounmatchermatchlessnessmatchboardmatchboardingmatchmakermatchmakingmatch pointmatchupmatchbookmatchboxmatchlockmatchstickmatchmatchwoodadverbmatchlessly Related topics: Daily life match·stick /ˈmætʃˌstɪk/ noun [countableC] 1. TDa wooden match 火柴杆，火柴棍 2. matchstick men/figures British EnglishBrEAV people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child 火柴人〔像小孩所作的人物线条画〕 SYN American English stick person Examples from the Corpus matchstick men/figures• More like troubled at mill Salford says there's more to its patron saint than pictures of matchstick men. Examples from the Corpus matchstick• The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.• Woolley picked his teeth with a matchstick.• An explosion would have made a mess of them, and matchsticks of that tub.• There being no ink left in the pen, Pooley had pierced the points of his speculation through with defunct matchsticks.• The heads of these children were no larger than the heads of matchsticks.• As there were not enough metre sticks to go round, l gave out matchsticks to represent the fences.• She had a bun of hair at her nape from which stuck out carved hairpins, thinner than split matchsticks.• Place two matchsticks in this gap. 5.
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