thumb
英 [θʌm]
美 [θʌm]
n. 拇指; (手套的)拇指部分
v. 翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车); 示意请求搭便车; 用拇指摸; 用拇指捋
复数:thumbs 过去式:thumbed 现在分词:thumbing 第三人称单数:thumbs 过去分词:thumbed
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4504 / COCA.3748
短语动词
thumb through
1. 匆匆翻阅,浏览(书籍、杂志)
短语用例
thumb through sth
- 快速翻阅
to turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it- She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
- She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
习惯用语
n.
- be all (fingers and) thumbs
- 笨手笨脚;笨拙;手指不灵活
to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth hold thumbs - 希望(计划)成功;期望如愿以偿
to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to - Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.
我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。 thumbs up/down - 翘拇指(表示接受或成功);拇指向下(表示拒绝或不成功)
used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or that it is/is not a success - 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辑成功了。 under sb's thumb - 完全受人支配;受制于人
completely controlled by sb a rule of thumb - 实用的估算方法,经验工作法(常依据经验而非准确测量)
a practical method of doing or measuring sth, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement stand/stick out like a sore thumb - 刺眼;扎眼
to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way twiddle your thumbstwiddle your thumbs
v.
- thumb your nose at sb/sth
- 嗤之以鼻;蔑视
to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose; to show that you have no respect for sb/sth - 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。
牛津词典
noun
- 拇指
the short thick finger at the side of the hand, slightly apart from the other four- She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
- She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
- (手套的)拇指部分
the part of a glove that covers the thumb- There's a hole in the thumb.
手套的拇指上有个窟窿。
- There's a hole in the thumb.
verb
- 翘起拇指请求搭乘(过路汽车);示意请求搭便车
to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere- He had thumbed all across Europe.
他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。 - We managed to thumb a lift/ride with a truck driver.
我们设法使得过路的卡车司机允许我们搭便车。
- He had thumbed all across Europe.
- 用拇指摸;用拇指捋
to touch or move sth with your thumb- She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.
她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。
- She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (大)拇指
Yourthumbis 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。
- She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
- (手套的)拇指部分
Thethumbof 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 youthumba lift orthumba ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift.- 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。
- It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth...
- See also:well-thumbed
- PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼
If you say that someone or somethingsticks out like a sore thumborstands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate.- 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。
- Does the new housing stick out like a sore thumb or blend into its surroundings?...
- PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊
If you say that someone istwiddlingtheirthumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.- 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。
- The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling...
- PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.- 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。
- I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb...
- green thumb→ see:green
英英释义
noun
- a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
- the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
- the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
verb
- feel or handle with the fingers
- finger the binding of the book
- travel by getting free rides from motorists
- look through a book or other written material
- He thumbed through the report
- She leafed through the volume
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.
那座现代的办公大楼昂然地竖立在那片旧建筑物中十分扎眼。 - This makes it easier to snap with your thumb and index finger.
它可以使你的拇指和食指很容易的接触。 - 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。 - His personal goal was to put 'his thumb print' on a program of changes.
他的个人目标是将改革方案打上“自己的印记”。 - Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.
芬克尔斯坦小姐会为你包扎拇指的。 - In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。 - Forefinger and thumb opposing positions.
食指和大拇指,相对的位置。 - A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit
根据经验来看,如果雇主要获得利润,那么其代理商必须卖出相当于其工资10倍的销售额。