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thumb n.拇指v.翻阅；示意要求搭车 (1) 别舔手指头，太脏了。(2) 他的拇指让门夹了。(3) 他翻阅地址簿，寻找号码。(4) 你什么时候应该浏览一下这本美术书。(5) 她们设法搭便车到达巴黎。(6) 如果我们赶不上末班火车，我们总可搭便车回家。

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英 [θʌm] 美 [θʌm] (1) Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty.(2) He caught his thumb in the door.(3) He thumbed through the address book looking for the number.(4) You ought to thumb through this art book sometime.(5) They managed to thumb a lift to Paris.(6) If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home. 1[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。2[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. 3[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。4See also:well-thumbed；  5[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。6[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。7[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。8  green thumb→see: green； to thumb your nose at someone→see: nose； rule of thumb→see: rule； 相关词组：thumb through

英语单词	thumb
英美音标	英 [θʌm] 美 [θʌm]
中文释义	n.拇指 v.翻阅；示意要求搭车
英语例句	(1) Don't suck your thumb; it's so dirty. (2) He caught his thumb in the door. (3) He thumbed through the address book looking for the number. (4) You ought to thumb through this art book sometime. (5) They managed to thumb a lift to Paris. (6) If we miss the last train we can always thumb a lift home.
中文例句	(1) 别舔手指头，太脏了。 (2) 他的拇指让门夹了。 (3) 他翻阅地址簿，寻找号码。 (4) 你什么时候应该浏览一下这本美术书。 (5) 她们设法搭便车到达巴黎。 (6) 如果我们赶不上末班火车，我们总可搭便车回家。
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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. 3 [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。 4 See also:well-thumbed ； 5 [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。 6 [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。 7 [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。 8 green thumb→see: green ； to thumb your nose at someone→see: nose ； rule of thumb→see: rule ；相关词组： thumb through

Thumb Lift [V Sore Phrase 短语 I →See