thumb第三人称单数

1. 拇指；拇指部分；拇趾
2. 一拇指的宽度
3. 第一指
4. 【建】馒形饰
5. 键击噪声
6. 指状突
7. 笨手笨脚，笨拙
8. 手指不灵活
9. 翘拇指
10. 拇指向下
11. 动物肢体上类似人类拇指的部分

1. 用拇指翻动，用拇指翻书，以拇指拨弄
2. 笨拙地摆弄，笨手笨脚地做
3. 靠搭便车旅行
4. 迅速翻阅（书页），翻动
5. 用拇指翻脏
6. 反复读
7. 拙劣地弹
8. （在路边）竖起拇指要求搭车，示意请求搭便车
9. 用拇指弹， 用拇指摸， 用拇指捋
10. 嗤之以鼻，蔑视
11. 笨拙处理，拙劣地处理
12. 弄坏，弄脏

1. [C]拇指 the short thick finger at the side of your hand

1.(大)拇指
Yourthumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers.

e.g. She bit the tip of her leftthumb, not looking at me.
她咬着左手的拇指尖，眼睛也不看我。

2.(手套的)拇指部分
Thethumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.

3.(站在路边，伸出手，拇指向上)请求搭便车，拦车
If youthumb a lift orthumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.

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e.g. 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。
e.g. 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.扎眼;碍眼
If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumb orstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.

e.g. Does the new housing stick out like a sorethumb 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？
e.g. In Japan a European stands out like a sorethumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。

6.无所事事;闲着无聊
If you say that someone istwiddling theirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.

thumb的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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.在…控制下;深受…影响
If you areunder someone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.

e.g. I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father'sthumb...
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。
e.g. She has Rachel firmly under herthumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。

8. greenthumb -> see green
tothumb your nose at someone -> see nose
rule ofthumb -> see rule

相关词组：thumb through

1. This glove has a hole in the thumb.
   这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。
2. The baby sucked its thumb.
   那婴孩吮吸大拇指。
3. John always bites the thumbs at Jack's greedy action.
   约翰总是对杰克的贪婪行为嗤之以鼻。

• The brasses that Louis Quinze might have thumbed.

  出自：H. James

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的uma；最初源自西日耳曼语的thumon-，意为拇指，手套上的拇指指套。