These examples are from the Cambridge English Corpus and from sources on the web. 火柴棍，火柴棒, 火柴… We are talking not about candle-end economies but about
See more. matchstick (ˈmætʃˌstɪk) n the wooden part of a match adj 1. made with or as if with matchsticks: a matchstick model. Example from the Hansard archive. From the We know that he does not know what he is talking about —the monarch of the Something similar to a matchstick, as in slenderness: a jicama cut into matchsticks. {{#verifyErrors}} in Chinese (Traditional)
From the stick (măch′stĭk′) n. 1.
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Dictionary 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? ‘matchstick men’ More example sentences ‘The council commissioned the sculpture of the world-famous artist who painted matchstick figures who lived in Mottram-in-Longdendale for nearly 30 years.’ Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the A short, slender piece of wood from which a match is made.
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Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Such a speck would fit on the head of a They would be like matchsticks in an erupting volcano. Example from the Hansard archive.
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He comes from a background in banking, which suggests to me that he will definitely not need his matchsticks.
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