英语单词 | thumb |
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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.
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 [V n]
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]
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]
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]
8 green thumb→see: green ;to thumb your nose at someone→see: nose ; rule of thumb→see: rule ;
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