| 释义 |
thumb /θʌm/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. (手的)拇指；一拇指宽(约1英寸)
2. (手套的)拇指部分
This glove has a hole in the thumb. 这只手套的拇指上有一个洞。
3. (动物的)第一指
4. (昆虫的)指状突
5. 【建】圆凸形线脚装饰
6. 〈美俚〉大麻烟卷
II ❶ vt.
1. 用拇指翻动；迅速翻阅；用拇指翻旧(或翻破、 翻脏)(书等)
2. 用拇指揿(或摸、 顶、 指、 戳、 擦等)；用拇指示意
She thumbed the door release. 她用拇指揿门的开关。
He thumbed his hat off his forehead. 他用拇指把遮到额头的帽子往上一顶。
Only twice have umpires thumbed him out of a game. 裁判们只有两次伸拇指示意他退出比赛。
3. 笨拙地摆弄；用拇指弹奏(乐器)
4. 〈口〉竖起拇指向过路汽车要求(免费搭乘)
He thumbed a lift (或 ride) outside the hospital. 他在医院外面向过路汽车要求免费搭乘。
I started off, thumbing my way North. 我动身了，一路免费搭车去北方。
❷ vi.
1. 用拇指翻书页(through)
thumb through (the pages of) the book quickly 迅速翻阅那本书
2. 〈口〉竖起拇指要求免费搭车；免费搭车旅行
He thumbed across the country. 他免费搭车跑遍全国。
[< OE thūma; 与 OHG thūmo, ON thumall thumb of glove, L tumēre to swell 有关] phr. a thumb in sb.'s eye 〈口〉令某人讨厌的人 (或东西) be all (fingers and) thumbs 手指不灵巧；笨手笨脚；笨拙 She knocked over three vases and seemed to be all thumbs. 她打翻了3个花瓶，看来是个笨手笨脚的人。 Can you do these buttons up for me? I'm all fingers and thumbs. 你能替我扣上这些纽扣吗?我的手指很笨拙。 bite one's thumb at sb. 对着某人咬大拇指 (表示侮辱或蔑视) by thumb 以免费搭车方式 travel by thumb 免费搭车旅行 He continued east by thumb. 他继续免费搭车东行。 fash one's thumb 见 fash
have ten thumbs = be all thumbs
keep one's thumbs on保守…的秘密
stick (或 stand) out like a sore thumb 显得格格不入；显得很不合适
thumb down 〈口〉否定，排斥，反对；拒绝；抛弃
He tends to thumb down all my best ideas. 他总是要否定我所有最好的主意。
thumb one's (或 a) nose (at) 见 nose
twiddle (或 twirl) one's thumbs 旋弄两手的大拇指；闲着无事
For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs, waiting for my friends to arrive. 接下去的那半小时里，我闲着无事，等候朋友们到来。
under sb.'s thumb 在某人的支配(或控制)下，在某人的巨大影响之下
Some teachers are very good at keeping their pupils under their thumbs. 有些教师非常善于将学生们置于自己的影响之下。
weigh the thumb 〈美俚〉压秤头(指称物时拇指暗中压秤以克扣分量) |