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thumbed

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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
thumb的过去分词和过去式

过去式:thumbed 过去分词:thumbed 

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.
    1. 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。
  • (手套的)拇指部分
    Thethumbof a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into.
    1. 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。
    2. See also:well-thumbed
    3. 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.
      1. 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?
      2. In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
        欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。
    4. 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。
    5. PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响
      If you areundersomeone'sthumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
      1. 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。
      2. She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
        她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
    6. green thumb→ see:green

    英英释义

    adj

    • (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
      1. well-thumbed pages of the dictionary

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • They walked as far as the cross-roads, and then thumbed a life to the railway station.
      他们一直走到十字路口,然后搭乘便车到了火车站。
    • He thumbed through a couple of pages, feigning just a slight interest
      他随手翻了几页,假装兴趣不大。
    • The big boy always thumbed his nose at the weak boy, one of his classmate.
      那高大的男孩常常对他的同班同学,一个瘦弱的男孩扇鼻子。
    • He thumbed his way to Boston.
      他搭乘别人顺路的车去波士顿。
    • I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
      我搭车来到我的家乡,那是伊利诺斯州的迪克森。
    • After Bob ran into the house he thumbed his nose at Tom through the window.
      鲍勃溜进屋里从窗口向汤姆做鬼脸嘲笑他。
    • It can move in opposition to, or against, the other fingers, so the thumbed hand can grasp food and other objects readily.
      它可以与其他手指相对,所以,有大拇指的手能够敏捷地抓住食物和其他东西。
    • He thumbed his nose at the world and often complained.
      他玩世不恭,经常发牢骚。
    • He thumbed a lift by the roadside.
      他在路边向过路汽车要求免费搭乘。