matchstick

matchstick

　　美 ['mætʃstɪk]

n. 火柴棍，火柴桿；火柴桿似的東西

中文詞源：

matchstick 火柴棍

match,火柴，stick,小木棍。

例句：

1. Use a pointed object such as a broken matchstick.
用一個有尖的東西，比如折斷的火柴棍。

2. Her hands were matchstick - thin, but her grasp on the shotgun was firm.
她的手象火柴棍一樣纖細, 但卻牢牢地握著那枝獵槍.

3. Take a wooden matchstick and slice a thin sliver from one side.
找一根火柴,從一邊切開一個口.

4. Some fellas collect stamps. Others matchstick houses. Andy built a library.
有些人收集郵票, 有些人造火柴房子, 安迪則成立圖書館.

5. The twitch of his tail can a man's leg like a matchstick.
它抽動尾巴可以像折斷火柴棍似的打斷一個人的腿.