1. A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons. 一颗中子星很微量的一部分，重量也会超过1亿吨。
2. You don't catch me tasting rum so much, but just a thimbleful for luck, of course, the first chance I have. 你可别引诱我喝太多的郎姆酒，不过可以为了祝好运而喝那么一点点，当然，要是有机会的话。
3. Meteor Crater, 40 miles east of Flagstaff, is an out-of-this-world site for those with a thimbleful of imagination. 陨石坑在Flagstaff东40公里，对于那些没有太多想象力的人来说是一个世外桃源。
4. This means that they have gargantuan densities — a thimbleful of magnetar material would have a mass of 100 million tons. 这意味着它们有巨大的密度——一丁点的磁星物质就会有100万吨的质量。
5. Everyone complained, above all, about the food: French dishes "stewed in grease" and breakfasts consisting of nothing more "than a thimbleful of coffee or chocolate and a morsel of bread." 几乎人人都抱怨食物——油腻腻的法国炖菜和早餐时少的可怜的一点儿咖啡面包巧克力。
