| 单词 | thumb |
| 释义 | nounverb🔑 thumbBrE /θʌm/ NAmE /θʌm/ noun 🔑 the short thick finger at the side of the hand , slightly apart from the other four 拇指◆ She still sucks her thumb when she's worried . 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。 ➡ see also green thumb🔑 the part of a glove that covers the thumb （手套的）拇指部分◆ There's a hole in the thumb . 手套的拇指上有个窟窿。 ● be all (ˌfingers and ) ˈthumbs to be awkward with your hands so that you drop things or are unable to do sth 笨手笨脚；笨拙；手指不灵活● hold ˈthumbs (SAfrE ) to hope that your plans will be successful or that sth will take place in the way that you want it to 希望（计划）成功；期望如愿以偿◆ Let's hold thumbs that you get the job . 我们期望你如愿得到这份工作啊。● thumbs ˈup /ˈdown (informal ) used to show that sth has been accepted /rejected or that it is /is not a success 跷拇指（表示接受或成功）；拇指向下（表示拒绝或不成功）◆ 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。ORIGINIn contests in ancient Rome the public put their thumbs up if they wanted a gladiator to live , and down if they wanted him to be killed .在古罗马的角斗中，公众若希望角斗士活就竖起拇指朝上，若希望他被杀死就伸出拇指朝下。● under sb's ˈthumb (of a person 人) completely controlled by sb 完全受人支配；受制于人● a rule of ˈthumb a practical method of doing or measuring sth , usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement 实用的估算方法，经验工作法（常依据经验而非准确测量）● stand /stick out like a sore ˈthumb to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way 招眼；扎眼● twiddle your thumbs to move your thumbs around each other with your fingers joined together 抱手旋弄大拇指to do nothing while you are waiting for sth to happen （等待之际）无所事事🔑 thumbBrE /θʌm/ NAmE /θʌm/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they thumb BrE /θʌm/ NAmE /θʌm/ present simple - he / she / it thumbs BrE /θʌmz/ NAmE /θʌmz/ past simple thumbed BrE /θʌmd/ NAmE /θʌmd/ past participle thumbed BrE /θʌmd/ NAmE /θʌmd/ -ing form thumbing BrE /ˈθʌmɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈθʌmɪŋ/ [I , T ]to make a signal with your thumb to passing drivers to ask them to stop and take you somewhere 跷起拇指请求搭乘（过路汽车）；示意请求搭便车◆ + adv ./prep .He had thumbed all across Europe . 他搭乘便车游遍了欧洲。◆ (BrE ) ~a lift We managed to thumb a lift with a lorry driver . 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭上便车。◆ (NAmE ) ~a ride We managed to thumb a ride with a truck driver . 我们竖起拇指招呼过路的卡车司机让我们搭上便车。[T ]~sth (+ adv ./prep .)to touch or move sth with your thumb 用拇指摸；用拇指捋◆ She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol . 她用拇指打开了手枪的保险栓。 ➡ see also well thumbed ● thumb your ˈnose at sb /sth to make a rude sign with your thumb on your nose ; to show that you have no respect for sb /sth 嗤之以鼻；蔑视◆ 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。 ● ˈthumb through sth to turn the pages of a book quickly in order to get a general idea of what is in it 快速翻阅 |
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