Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble , though it is put on the third finger .
词源学只能问，为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针，但它却是在中指上使用的。
In he hopped , and laid the great ruby on the table beside the woman 's thimble .
他跳进屋里，将硕大的红宝石放在那女人顶针旁的桌子上。
I think I 'll be the thimble .
我想我会选顶针。
You misplace or accidentally contaminate a tiny drop of liquid while pipetting into a tube that 's smaller than a thimble , and your experiment fails .
在向比顶针还要小的管子中移夜的时候，你放错了或者是不小心沾染上一小滴液体，实验就会失败。
The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family .
