1 N-COUNT (大)拇指 Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to your four fingers. (大)拇指
SYN digit
2 N-COUNT (手套的)拇指部分 The thumb of a glove is the part which a person's thumb fits into. (手套的)拇指部分
3 VERB (站在路边,伸出手,拇指向上)请求搭便车,拦车 If you thumb a lift or thumb a ride, you stand by the side of the road holding out your thumb until a driver stops and gives you a lift. (站在路边,伸出手,拇指向上)请求搭便车,拦车
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It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth. [VERB noun + to]
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。
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Thumbing a lift had once a carefree, easy-going image. [VERB noun]
伸手搭便车曾经给人以轻松随意的形象。
SYN hitch [informal] , request [informal] , signal for, hitchhike
5 PHRASE 扎眼;碍眼 If you say that someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, you are emphasizing that they are very noticeable, usually because they are unusual or inappropriate. 扎眼;碍眼 [emphasis]
6 PHRASE 无所事事;闲着无聊 If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen. 无所事事;闲着无聊
7 PHRASE 在…控制下;深受…影响 If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them. 在…控制下;深受…影响
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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。
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She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
她把雷切尔牢牢地抓在手心里。
8 green thumb→see: green to thumb your nose at someone→see: nose rule of thumb→see: rule
Phrasal verbs: - thumb through
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