| 单词 | nimble-fingered |
| 例句 | She was good at her work—fast, nimble-fingered, diligent, and even in the nearly unbearable heat of the weaving room, apparently indefatigable. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A nimble-fingered Orpheus and Eurydice duet on guitar and flute. Orpheus – review 2013-04-27T23:05:39Z Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/3f7j9 Today is Record Store Day, the annual show for shops that, post-HMV, are the last bastion for furtive nimble-fingered folk. Record Store Day – in pictures 2013-04-20T05:00:00Z Marsh rushed him to the Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service, where some nimble-fingered veterinarians anesthetized Conquer and extracted the pebble with forceps. This Very Lucky Goldfish Got a $500 Life-Saving Surgery 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The interconnecting rooms and workshops have the feel of an Aladdin's cave for adults and the Heath Robinson-like machinery, controlled by nimble-fingered workers, hums with long-practised skill and expertise. British brollies seek global reign 2014-01-27T00:01:10Z As a rule, there are always houses available for this, and nimble-fingered dames zealous in the service of any lady who desires their assistance. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z Little cardboard tags dangle from their wrists or ankles, bearing the names of their makers, faithful and nimble-fingered Waldorf mothers who can also, it’s rumored, spin wool! Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: “The Erlking.” 2010-06-28T04:00:00Z These modern Aztecs were skilful workmen, nimble-fingered and inventive. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses “These laws, if I mistake not, would effectually restore the decayed art of needlework, and make the virgins of Great Britain exceedingly nimble-fingered in their business.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The nimble-fingered women easily bear off the palm, as the expert pickers. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Some patient, nimble-fingered good soul has coloured my copy. Love and Lucy Those fellows are more nimble-fingered than Rance Rankin ever dared to be!” Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 How many a nimble-fingered and stout-hearted rogue would not, in those days, have imperiled a dozen lives to clutch that blazing handful of dross, convertible into an Elysium of pomp and pleasure! The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages He hath as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman, and is as nimble-fingered as a juggler. The King's Own Gently, gently, good nimble-fingered lady, you run us out of breath and patience to trace your unexampled ambition. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 She was so nimble-fingered and swift that she could not be spared from the field in picking-season, especially if, as was the case this year, there was a heavy crop. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 His pockets remained as accessible as heretofore to the nimble-fingered gentry. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Antonyms: slow, sluggish, clumsy, dilatory, unready, dull, heavy. nimble-fingered, a. dexterous. nimbus, n. halo, glory, aureola. nincompoop, n. Putnam's Word Book As he entered the exchange, a nimble-fingered Morse-operator was marking figures on a blackboard. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts "Alida, herself, is not more nimble-fingered," whispered the Alderman; "and I never heard the girl touch the Dutch lute, that cost a hundred Holland guilders, with a livelier movement!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas You must not, however, imagine from this incident, that a man cannot enter a coffeehouse in Paris, without being a sufferer from the depredations of the nimble-fingered gentry. Paris as It Was and as It Is Marjorie's quick wits soon caught the idea, and though not quite so nimble-fingered as Delight, she soon showed an inventive originality that devised novel ideas. Marjorie's New Friend In fact, if the most nimble-fingered watchmaker among you will come to my workshop, he may set me to put a watch together, and I will set him to dissect, say, a blackbeetle's nerves. Science & Education The appearance of this nimble-fingered young man with his piece of chalk always impressed Jack as a sort of vaudeville performance. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero The Duke remembered how the bathers' clothes were stolen, and that Sir Orlando had been one of the most nimble-fingered of the thieves. The Prime Minister While that nimble-fingered prig was making a brilliant appearance at Vauxhall, and emptying the pockets of his intimates, Rann was riding over Hounslow Heath, and flashing his pistol in the eye of the wayfarer. A Book of Scoundrels She is a nimble-fingered creature, and a gown of mine would give almost stuff enough to make you two. A Lady of Quality |
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