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thumb n.拇指;（手套的）拇指部份;vi.翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车），示意请求搭便车;翻阅;vt.翻阅;作搭车手势;用拇指翻脏[翻坏]（书页等）; third:thumbs~done:thumbed~pl:thumbs~ing:thumbing~past:thumbed~

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英[θʌm]  美[θʌm] N-COUNT(大)拇指Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.例：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。N-COUNT(手套的)拇指部分The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.VERB(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.例：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。例：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。PHRASE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.例：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？例：In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。PHRASE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.例：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。例：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。PHRASE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.例：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。例：She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。

单词	thumb
音标	英[θʌm] 美[θʌm]
解释	n.拇指;（手套的）拇指部份;vi.翘起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车），示意请求搭便车;翻阅;vt.翻阅;作搭车手势;用拇指翻脏[翻坏]（书页等）;
例句	N-COUNT (大)拇指 Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers. 例：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。 N-COUNT (手套的)拇指部分 The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into. VERB (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. 例：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。例：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。 PHRASE 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. 例：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？例：In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。 PHRASE 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. 例：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。例：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。 PHRASE 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. 例：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。例：She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
变形	third:thumbs~done:thumbed~pl:thumbs~ing:thumbing~past:thumbed~

Thumb Sore Phrase N Count Part Side 例：She Lift