[N-COUNT 可数名词](大)拇指 Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.
She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
她咬着左手的拇指尖,眼睛也不看我。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](手套的)拇指部分 The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
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[VERB 动词](站在路边,伸出手,拇指向上)请求搭便车,拦车 If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.
[V n to n]
[V n]
It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...
你或许会对这个消息感兴趣,有个和罗里描述的一模一样的小男孩搭便车到了霍斯。
Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image.
伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。
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See also:
well-thumbed
;
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[PHRASE 短语]扎眼;碍眼 If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.
[V and N inflect]
[emphasis]
Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?...
这个新住宅区是显得有点扎眼,还是和环境融为一体?
In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
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[PHRASE 短语]无所事事;闲着无聊 If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
[V inflects]
The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling...
想到将要无所事事,他就非常害怕。
The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.
政府不愿意看到毕业生领着救济金却什么也不干。
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[PHRASE 短语]在…控制下;深受…影响 If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
[v-link PHR]
I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb...
看见我母亲完完全全受我父亲的控制,我心里别提有多难受。
She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
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green thumb→see:
green
; to thumb your nose at someone→see:
nose
; rule of thumb→see:
rule
;
相关词组:
thumb through
Oxford
thumb★/θʌm; NAmEθʌm/
noun
,
verb
thumbthumbsthumbedthumbingnoun★1★the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four 拇指◆She still sucks her thumbwhen she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。☞see also
green thumb
2★the part of a glove that covers the thumb(手套的)拇指部份◆There's a hole in the thumb.手套的拇指上有个窟窿。IDIOMSbe all (ˌfingers and) ˈthumbsto be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth 笨手笨脚;笨拙;手指不灵活hold ˈthumbs( SAfrE) to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to 希望(计划)成功;期望如愿以偿◆Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。thumbs ˈup/ˈdown( informal) used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success 翘拇指(表示接受或成功);拇指向下(表示拒绝或不成功)◆Their proposals were given the thumbs down.他们的建议遭到拒绝。◆It looks like it's thumbs up for their latest album.看样子他们的最新歌曲专集成功了。ORIGINIn contests in ancient Rome the public put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live, and down if they wanted him to be killed. 在古罗马的角斗中,公众若希望角斗士活就竖起拇指朝上,若希望他被杀死就伸出拇指朝下。under sb's ˈthumb(of a person 人)completely controlled by sb 完全受人支配;受制于人☞more at
rule
n.,
sore
adj.,
twiddle
v.verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere 翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车);示意请求搭便车+ adv./prep.◆He had thumbed all across Europe.他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。( BrE) ~ a lift◆We managed to thumb a lift with a lorry driver.我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭便车。( NAmE) ~ a ride◆We managed to thumb a ride with a truck driver.我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭便车。2[transitive ]thumbsth (+ adv./prep.) to touch or move sth with your thumb 用拇指摸;用拇指捋◆She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。☞see also
well thumbed
IDIOMthumb your ˈnose at sb/sthto make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb/sth 嗤之以鼻;蔑视◆The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.这家公司完全不把污染立法放在眼里。PHRASAL VERBˈthumb through sthto turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it 快速翻阅thumb/θʌm; NAmEθʌm/
LDC
thumb1 noun
thumb2 verb
thumbthumb1 /θʌm/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1thumb (1)the part of your hand that is shaped like a thick short finger and helps you to hold things: a baby sucking its thumb She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.2the part of a glove that fits over your thumb3be all fingers and thumbs British English, be all thumbs American English informal to be unable to do something in which you have to make small careful movements with your fingers: Would you do up these buttons for me? I seem to be all thumbs today.4the thumbs up/down informal when an idea or plan is officially accepted or not accepted: The project was finally given the thumbs up. Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics.5be under somebody’s thumb to be so strongly influenced by someone that they control you completely: He was still under his father’s thumb. → rule of thumb
at rule1(8)
, → stand/stick out like a sore thumb
at sore1(6)
thumb1 noun
thumb2 verb
thumbthumb2 verb
Verb Table
Examples
Collocations
Phrases
1thumb a lift British English, thumb a ride American English informal to persuade a driver of a passing car to stop and take you somewhere, by putting your hand out with your thumb raised: I thumbed a lift into town.2thumb your nose at somebody/something to show that you do not respect rules, laws etc or you do not care what someone thinks of you: a chance to thumb his nose at the college authoritiesthumb through phrasal verbto look through a book, magazine etc quickly: I began thumbing through the pages of a gardening catalogue.
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