| 释义 |
thumb/θʌm/ n. & v.●n. 1a a short thick terminal projection on the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them (人手的)拇指 b a digit of other animals corresponding to this 动物的第一指(与人手拇指相对应) 2 the part of a glove etc. intended to cover the thumb (手套等的)拇指部分 ●v. 1 tr. wear or soil (pages etc.) with a thumb 用拇指翻旧或翻脏(书页等) a well-thumbed book 一本翻得很旧的书 2 intr. turn over pages with or as with a thumb 用拇指翻页；迅速翻阅 thumbed through the directory 用拇指迅速翻阅通讯录 3 tr. request or obtain (a lift in a passing vehicle) by signalling with a raised thumb 竖起拇指向过路汽车要求(搭乘便车) 4 tr. use the thumb in a gesture 用拇指示意 □ be all thumbs be clumsy with one's hands 手指不灵巧；笨手笨脚 □ thumb one's nose = cock a snook (see 见 SNOOK1) □ thumbs down an indication of rejection or failure 否定，否决；放弃 □ thumbs up an indication of satisfaction or approval 满意；同意，赞同 □ under a person's thumb completely dominated by a person 完全受制于某人 □ thumbed adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ thumbless adj.[Old English thūma, from a West Germanic root meaning ‘to swell’] |