hair's breadth

短语

极短的距离

发音

AU

词形变化

hairs' breadths 复数 hairs' breadths

别名

hairsbreadth hairbreadth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A very small amount or distance.

    习语

    hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes]

    We won by a hair's breadth.

    He missed me by a hair's breadth when he ran past me yesterday.

    They came within a hair's breadth of contacting electrified water.

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