thumb 基本解释
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
thumb 词性变化
复数:thumbs过去式:thumbed现在分词:thumbing第三人称单数:thumbs过去分词:thumbed
thumb 词组短语
- thumb sucking
- thumb center
- thumb forceps
- thumb lancet
- thumb reflex
- thumb screw
- rule of thumb
- thumb impression
- thumb in fingers out
- thumb print
thumb 详细解释
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.
thumb 短语动词
thumb 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.
thumb 习惯用语
n.
- 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 - 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。
- Let's hold thumbs that you get the job.
- 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。
- Their proposals were given the thumbs down .
- 完全受人支配;受制于人
completely controlled by sb - 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 - 刺眼;扎眼
to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way
be all (fingers and) thumbs
hold thumbs
thumbs up/down
under sb's thumb
a rule of thumb
stand/stick out like a sore thumb
twiddle your thumbs
twiddle your thumbs
v.
- 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。
- The company just thumbs its nose at the legislation on pollution.
thumb your nose at sb/sth
thumb 双语例句
- 1、
Miss Finkelstein will put a dressing on your thumb.
芬克尔斯坦小姐会为你包扎拇指的。 - 2、
He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger.
他用拇指和食指捏着笔。 - 3、
He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button
他看到她用拇指按了一个红色按钮——紧急呼叫按钮。 - 4、
The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge, round eyes.
男孩吮吸着拇指,瞪圆了大眼睛盯着赫本。 - 5、
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。 - 6、
As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.
凭经验估计,一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。 - 7、
Surgeons at Odstock Hospital, Wilts, sewed the thumb on.
威尔特郡奥德斯多克医院的外科医生将大拇指缝合上了。 - 8、
Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for
戈德斯通翻动书页,大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。 - 9、
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。 - 10、
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。 - 11、
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。 - 12、
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? - 13、
In Japan a European stands out like a sore thumb.
欧洲人到了日本会极为惹眼。 - 14、
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。 - 15、
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。 - 16、
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。 - 17、
She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。 - 18、
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”。 - 19、
John nipped his thumb in the door!
约翰的拇指被门夹住了! - 20、
Not having much money, Mary decided to thumb a ride to New York.
玛丽因钱不多,决定搭便车到纽约去。 - 21、
There's a broken whorl on the thumb and four whorls on the fingers of the left hand.
左手的大拇指是个破螺,其他四个指头都是螺。 - 22、
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。 - 23、
She had him under her thumb for many years, but he finally kicked over the traces.
她管束他多年,最后他终于摆脱了她的控制。 - 24、
She had a painful cut on her thumb.
她的拇指上有个疼痛的伤口。 - 25、
Forefinger and thumb opposing positions.
食指和大拇指,相对的位置。 - 26、
I have four fingers and a thumb but I am not alive.
我有四个手指头和一个大拇指,但是我没有生命。 - 27、
You give me your thumb and your forefinger.
把你的拇指和食指伸过来。 - 28、
Who did thumb girl marry at last?
拇指姑娘最后和谁结婚了? - 29、
I just stuck out my thumb and here I am.
我只是伸出我的拇指,我们就来了。 - 30、
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。
thumb 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

